FILE PHOTO: Uniformed member of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) attends a ceremony in the village of Dey Gairow in southern Daykundi province April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Rob Taylor
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's badly stretched police are taking heavy casualties as attempts build to set up peace talks with Taliban militants, prompting a move to pull back from vulnerable outposts across the country.
U.S. advisers have for years pushed commanders to abandon isolated checkpoints that serve little purpose beyond showing a presence but which act as a magnet for attacks by mobile Taliban fighters, increasingly armed with night-vision equipment.
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