Petraeus Gets Karzai to Back “Community Watch On Steroids” Program

By Bill Roggio
Published July 14, 2010 6:46pm ET
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Petraeus Gets Karzai to Back “Community Watch On Steroids” Program
Newly appointed ISAF commander General David Petraeus has scored his first political victory in Afghanistan. The Washington Post reports that Petraeus has convinced President Hamid Karzai to back local “community police” programs in Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has approved a U.S.-backed plan to create local defense forces across the country in an attempt to […]

Newly appointed ISAF commander General David Petraeus has scored his first political victory in Afghanistan. The Washington Post reports that Petraeus has convinced President Hamid Karzai to back local “community police” programs in Afghanistan:

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