US calls for Afghan police surge

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As Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, seeks mediation help over in Saudi Arabia for Kabul's war with the Taliban, its the police in Afghanistan that are bearing the brunt of the casualties, with an average of six Afghan policemen being killed each day.

Stanley McChrystal, the US General commanding NATO forces, has called for an increase in the number of Afghan police recruits from 84,000 to 160,000.

Plagued by corruption, drug addiction, and illiteracy, serious efforts are now underway to reform and improve Afganistan's security forces.

From Kabul, Al Jazeera's David Chater reports.

[February 3, 2010]

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