Afghan National Police

As international military forces leave war torn Afghanistan, at the National Police Academy in Kabul more than one thousand new cadets receive training to, together with the National Army, take full control over the country's fragile security. With high unemployment, poor education and economic difficulties plaguing the country, more than nine thousand men and women candidate annually to a place in the academy, but many end up quitting due to the fear of retaliation against them and their families by the Taliban. Although the prospect of a job security within the police ranks may be an attractive opportunity for many, the risk it represents makes a high percentage of candidates leave the force within months of graduation from the academy. In a nation scared by decades of war and with recent escalation of insurgency attacks throughout the country, afghan national security forces face now the biggest test to their capabilities. With the future of Afghanistan depending on the will of these men and women, the crucial question that remains is if Afghans alone will be able to succeed in what many powerful international armies failed – to eliminate the Taliban threat.