Afghan security forces often blamed for the country's security failures could be critical to a post-American future Opinion | Kamal Alam
that the Taliban thrive on the corruption of Afghan forces which alienate local villagers and drive them into the austere but fair judicial system of the Taliban.
Mohib, who is Western-educated, grounded in local culture and understands the regional and international security climate, does not want to be taken for a ride. Unlike the Afghan leaders in the early 2000s, he will not sacrifice Afghan sovereignty in return for security aid. Similarly, Amrullah Saleh, the Vice President candidate for Ashraf Ghani, is also another leader who has come vocally out in favour of the importance of the Afghan forces.
Sadat, like Saleh and Mohib, has had a mix of security training abroad as well as learning at the grassroots level combining local support with institutional due diligence.Earlier this year Afghan President Ghani said that since 2014 more thanforces have been killed. This figure dwarfs the number of combined NATO deaths and also put into stark contrast the need to talk to the Taliban when the whole focus has been to build up the capacity of the Afghan state.
The fact remains that those who died did not die for corruption, but rather to make their country like those nations where the monopoly of violence lies solely with the state.
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