Topic - Afghan Public Protection Force

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**FILE** An Afghan security force member stands guard near the entrance gate of a NATO compound following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 2, 2013. Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to the compound and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. (Associated Press)

Afghan security force ineffective, expensive for U.S. projects, report says

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A former private security guard (left) hands over his weapon to Jamal Abdul Naser Sidiqi, head of the Afghan Public Protection Force, during a transition ceremony Thursday of private security forces to Afghan Public Protection Force on the outskirts of Kabul. The Afghan government is giving companies extensions ranging from a few weeks to 90 days.

Afghan government gives private security firms more time before ban

By Heidi Vogt ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai (The Washington Times)

Afghan private security handover looking messy

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press