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U.S. plan for new Afghan Force revives fears of militia abuses

September 15, 2017

KABUL, , Sep 15 (INP) Around the time President Trump announced his new strategy for Afghanistan, a delegation of American and Afghan military officials arrived in New Delhi. They wanted to learn more about the Indian Territorial Army, which has been deployed in contentious areas to ease the burden on India’s regular army, The New York Times revealed on Friday. The American military has turned to that force as a potential model for how to maintain the Afghan government’s waning control, without too high a cost , in difficult parts of Afghanistan at a time when the Taliban are resurgent...................... INP/AH/LK