KABUL has expressed his serious concern about casualty rates among Afghan security forces.
US Army General John Nicholson said Sunday the Afghans suffered high casualties last year and this year it had been "the same or slightly higher."
"One of the principle factors for the high casualties has been the leadership, the failures of leadership at certain levels. Primarily this has been in the police and to a lesser extent in the (Afghan) army," Nicholson said.
Highlighting the police as a particular problem area . . .
