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Afghan police recruits to be rescreened; U.S. suspends training

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:31 PM PDT

The Afghan village militia will be vetted for insurgent ties, officials say. Training of 1,000 new recruits is on hold after the latest 'insider' attack.

KABUL, Afghanistan — American special operations forces have suspended the training of new recruits to an Afghan village militia until the entire 16,000-member force can be rescreened for possible links to the insurgency, U.S. officials said Sunday.