Afghan National Security Forces

Afghan National Security Forces will assume responsibility for the security of their own country by 2014. As a moving vehicle ramping up to a high speed, it's missing some of the controls it needs to protect its own population.

It was the religious elders of the Reis Shura Ulema in Afghanistan who initially apprised me of the practice of Bacha Bazi, where young boys are made to dance and then exploited sexually by the police.

On Afghanistan, either the general or the president (or both) is a huckster for this high-interest war. We'll know from the White House's response to this military media blitz just who the huckster really is.

KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...