Bagram: Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has arrived in Afghanistan for negotiations with senior officials after many attacks reported on Nato soldiers by Afghan soldiers.
Dempsey told reporters before landing in Bagram airbase that the rise in “insider attacks” would be a key focus of his meetings with US-led coalition and Afghan officers.
“As far as the insider threat, of course that’s going to be a topic,” AFP quoted him as saying.
Despite expanded efforts to screen recruits and pre-empt potential turncoat attacks, Dempsey said the number of incidents continues to increase.
“We have an eight-step vetting process that’s been in place in earnest for about a year. But we haven’t turned the corner on the trend,” he said.
The general said he welcomed President Hamid Karzai’s statement on Saturday on the problem, saying he hoped similar comments would be made by lower-ranking officials.
“What I would expect to see is that (statement) would be echoed down to the lowest levels,” he said.
“We speak about it and we’re taking measures to mitigate the risk. But I do think the more they can be as concerned about it as we are, the better off we’ll all be.”
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