[Saoirise]

Here’s the article referencing the study in 2008 by the Rand Corporation:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/06/us-intelligence-afghanistan

From another commentary on the Rand study:
It said NATO officials have uncovered several instances of Pakistani intelligence agents providing information to Taliban fighters, even “tipping off Taliban forces about the location and movement of Afghan and coalition forces, which undermined several U.S. and NATO anti-Taliban military operations.” No timeframes were given.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/pakistan-trained-taliban_n_106130.html

[444Flyer]

Thanks. Gitin er’done.:)

[MestaMachine]

The "ARMY we are "training":

"Basic Warrior Training"

So who are these security forces? They include the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). International forces and private contractors have been training Afghan recruits for both of them since 2001. In fact, the determination of Western military planners to create a national army and police force has been so great that some seem to have suppressed for years the reports of Canadian soldiers who witnessed members of the Afghan security forces engaging in a fairly common pastime, sodomizing young boys.

Sex abuse and silence exposed
DND brass told of rape of boys by Afghan allies

“Of greatest concern to the MP members was the belief that if they were (to) intervene in any instances of this nature that they would not be supported by the C o C,” the e-mail added. C o C is a military term for chain of command.

Having sex with children is against the law in Afghanistan, but some military officers have argued that since it is practised by some Afghans, particularly in Kandahar, then the Canadian Forces should not get involved in what should be seen as a “cultural” issue.