Not only are the Afghan local police sexually abusing young boys, the local police are also extorting protection money from farmers, commit rape and steal from their own. In the article “Why Afghanistan is going to fall to the Taliban Again. And it’s Not Why You Think” Ryan Grim states “over the past few years, faith in the government and the warlords who were allied with the government, never strong but rapidly diminished. Police forces installed by the American Specials Forces were largely unaccountable” Adding this to the sexual abuse, the village elders complaints are being ignored, the residents of Afghan have installed this trust in not only their local police but the American government, but each time they are let down and becoming more fearful of the local police than the
Not only are the Afghan local police sexually abusing young boys, the local police are also extorting protection money from farmers, commit rape and steal from their own. In the article “Why Afghanistan is going to fall to the Taliban Again. And it’s Not Why You Think” Ryan Grim states “over the past few years, faith in the government and the warlords who were allied with the government, never strong but rapidly diminished. Police forces installed by the American Specials Forces were largely unaccountable” Adding this to the sexual abuse, the village elders complaints are being ignored, the residents of Afghan have installed this trust in not only their local police but the American government, but each time they are let down and becoming more fearful of the local police than the