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Coalition limits details on troops killed by Afghans
H/T Diana West
Military commanders in Afghanistan have stopped making public the number of allied troops killed by Afghan soldiers and police, a measure of the trustworthiness of a force that is to take over security from U.S.-led forces.

The change in policy comes after at least three allied troops have been killed by the Afghan troops they trained in the past month and follows what appears to be the deadliest year of the war for NATO trainers at the hands of their Afghan counterparts.

The International Security Assistance Force in Kabul had responded to previous requests for details on cases where Afghan troops -- screened and trained by ISAF and Afghan officials -- have turned their weapons on NATO troops.

Navy Lt. Cdr. Brian Badura said ISAF has a new policy to release only limited information about casualties, leaving the responsibility for detail to the troops' home countries. The policy went into effect in the latter half of 2011, he said.

In 2012, Afghan security forces have killed at least one ISAF member. In the latest incident, a sudden jihadist member of the Afghan army man wearing an Afghan army uniform killed a coalition soldier, ISAF said Jan. 8. Two days later, the Pentagon said Pfc. Dustin P. Napier, 20, of London, Ky., had died from small-arms fire on Jan. 8 but released no further details.

More than a third of the attacks stemmed from sudden jihad syndrome combat stress as opposed to Taliban infiltration, an ISAF review of incidents found last year. About one-fifth of the attacks were caused by chronic jihad syndrome insurgents goading or coercing Afghan troops.
Posted by: Glimp Sleremp8476 2012-01-20
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