Sgt. Rafiqullah, left, said the Afghan troops at the base 'felt hopeless when we saw our commander run away. Michael M. Phillips/The Wall Street JournalAfghan Base Tests U.S. Exit Plans -- Wall Street Journal
NANGALAM, Afghanistan—It didn't take long for things to fall apart.
Weeks after the U.S. Army turned over its base here in the Pech Valley to Afghan troops in March, the Afghan commander went AWOL. His deputy, suspected of being in cahoots with the Taliban, ordered his men not to shoot passing insurgents. Soon the base was alive with rumors the deputy planned to let the Taliban inside the gates.
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