KABUL has taken measures, including improved vetting of local forces, to minimise insider attacks, says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
President Ashraf Ghani took up the issue -- a major coalition concern -- during a meeting with him in Kabul last week, the secretary told journalists at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
Radio Free Europe quoted Mattis as saying Afghan leaders had stepped up security checks and training of local forces to identify any Afghans who had been radicalised.
Mattis said: "There's increased vetting going on...they . . .
