Leading off Sunday's broadcast is what many believe to be the most important story in Afghanistan that you may not have heard much about: the Afghan National Police. When the U.S. leaves, the country's security will largely be in the hands of its police force - an organization the U.S. has spent $7 billion to equip and train. Despite the effort, the ranks still contain drug abusers and corrupt officers, something the Army general put in charge of the mission is trying to rectify with better training and higher pay. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell sees progress being made, but Peter Galbraith, formerly the UN's number two diplomat in Afghanistan who was fired after questioning the honesty of the presidential elections there, isn't convinced. "The police are incapable of being reformed," Galbraith tells CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We're talking about something that will take 100 years, generations."
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Afghan National Police
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Sunday's "60 Minutes," Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Leading off Sunday's broadcast is what many believe to be the most important story in Afghanistan that you may not have heard much about: the Afghan National Police. When the U.S. leaves, the country's security will largely be in the hands of its police force - an organization the U.S. has spent $7 billion to equip and train. Despite the effort, the ranks still contain drug abusers and corrupt officers, something the Army general put in charge of the mission is trying to rectify with better training and higher pay. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell sees progress being made, but Peter Galbraith, formerly the UN's number two diplomat in Afghanistan who was fired after questioning the honesty of the presidential elections there, isn't convinced. "The police are incapable of being reformed," Galbraith tells CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We're talking about something that will take 100 years, generations."
Leading off Sunday's broadcast is what many believe to be the most important story in Afghanistan that you may not have heard much about: the Afghan National Police. When the U.S. leaves, the country's security will largely be in the hands of its police force - an organization the U.S. has spent $7 billion to equip and train. Despite the effort, the ranks still contain drug abusers and corrupt officers, something the Army general put in charge of the mission is trying to rectify with better training and higher pay. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell sees progress being made, but Peter Galbraith, formerly the UN's number two diplomat in Afghanistan who was fired after questioning the honesty of the presidential elections there, isn't convinced. "The police are incapable of being reformed," Galbraith tells CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We're talking about something that will take 100 years, generations."
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