Locals fear violence is up in Afghan handover town
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LASHKAR GAH — It was the most volatile of the Afghan towns and districts passed from Western to local control last month, and residents of Lashkar Gah worry security has got even worse since handover.
Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, was one of seven places handed back to Afghan forces in July as part of the first wave of a transition process that will eventually see all foreign combat troops leave the warring country by the end of 2014.
It was deliberately chosen in the initial group to prove that Afghan security forces could hold their own in risky parts of their country, Western diplomats have said.
But residents believe security has deteriorated since the handover, raising questions about the transition process weeks before President Hamid Karzai is set to announce in late September or October where will be next..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110820com3.html
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