Nato cuts Afghan joint patrols over 'insider' attacks

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Nato says it is to restrict operations with Afghan troops following a string of deadly attacks on its personnel by rogue Afghan security forces.

Only large operations will now be conducted jointly, with joint patrols evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

This is a major step back for Nato's strategy, says the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul.

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Fifty-one Nato troops have been killed by Afghan soldiers so far this year - 15 in August alone.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19632779

[Franker65]

1. No Choice

It may seem backwards but there's no real choice here. NATO and the Afghans don't trust each other anymore. Better seperate the patrols and try to stay alive until the pullout.

[think]

2. Bring the troops home and quit fucking around....

[socialindependocrat]

5. Agree. If they can't guarantee our people's safety then let them face the consequences.

Afghanistan needs to get control of their own people.

Also, if they segregate the troops there may be ambushes
that need to watched for.

What's the down side?
Anybody know?

[Bragi]

3. This "war" is now officially "lost"

Time to bring the troops home and pretend this whole sorry mess never happened.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. NATO/the US is so fucked in Afghanistan.

Training and working with the Afghan military and national police was supposed to be the centerpiece of the NATO exit strategy. Now what?

[bemildred]

6. Getting a bit too hard to ignore, is it? nt