Afghan Checkpoints Draw Insurgent Attacks
Tagab district residents say police taking up position too near schools and health centre.
30 Mar 11
Tagab district residents say police taking up position too near schools and health centre.
In northern Afghanistan, many of those claiming rewards for giving up the fight were never insurgents in the first place.
For years, Taleban and government forces in have maintained a non-aggression pact in a mountain district – and it seems to work.
Residents of western province say armed strongmen abduct and assault women without fear of government retribution.
Hundreds of minors arrive in Afghanistan without their families.