"Our mission will end when - but only when - the Afghans are able to maintain security on their own," he said.
They are not technically a combat force, but the police are expected to maintain security on a day-to-day basis -- and that means fighting insurgents.
The acts also undermine the credibility of Mr. Karzai's administration and heighten the uncertainty over whether Afghans can maintain security on their own once the majority of international coalition forces withdraw next year.
With the most advanced public health coverage though with disappointingly limited utilisation it has yet to be possible to maintain security on the border and assess the quality of both registered and non-registered imports.
The chairman of the company that owns the ship said that maintaining security on merchant vessels was virtually impossible.
Police spokeswoman Polly Namaye told Reuters the latest gear purchase was made with the aim of maintaining security on election day.
Such technical assistance can include assistance, advice and training on how to maintain security in areas no longer controlled by the regime, on coordination between civilian and military councils, on how to protect civilians and minimise the risks to them, and how to maintain security during a transition.
"Such technical assistance can include assistance, advice and training on how to maintain security in areas no longer controlled by the regime, on co-ordination between civilian and military councils, on how to protect civilians and minimise the risks to them, and how to maintain security during a transition," he told parliament.
Julian Borger (@julianborger) Key words in Hague #Syria statement: UK will train rebels on 'how to maintain security during a transition' and in areas under their control March 6, 2013 Julian asked a foreign office spokesman whether it meant military training: This was the reply: It's not the sort of thing we are going into too much detail on right now.
In its recommendations, the study advocated an "inverted planning process" in which military planners would begin by deciding what resources were needed to maintain security after an adversary was defeated on the battlefield instead of treating the postwar phase as virtually an afterthought.
"In the coming weeks we will begin work looking at particular areas: the costs that government has incurred in running the competition; and the department's understanding of how the decision to cancel the competition impacts on its aims to maintain security of supply and reduce emissions," writes Sir Amyas Morse, the auditor general at the NAO.
