Middle East
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Author: afghanistansun.com
11 May 2011
Cultural clashes drive Afghan recruits to turn on their Nato mentors
Sher Alim was so enraged by the US soldiers patrolling his village that he considered picking up his gun and firing at them. But Mr Alim, 36, is no Taliban fighter. A member of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in Afghanistan's Wardak province, he is armed, trained and mentored by US Special Forces to battle insurgents.