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A guard in Kabul.

ARD radiofeature October 2012. 53 Minutes. By Thilo Guschas

© Mika Schmidt/AP Photo
© Mika Schmidt/AP Photo

A guard in Kabul

German policemen give advise to the ministry of the interior and the police forces at the Hindukush. They stay in shielded fortifications and have barely any contact to the normal citizens. At the same time, hundreds of Afghan recruits are shot or they desert from the army and join the Taliban.