'Mistrust, Contempt' Divide NATO Mission -- Sydney Morning Herald
MUTUAL mistrust and contempt bordering on hatred between local and foreign forces are among the chief reasons Afghan troops turn their guns on their NATO comrades, according to a report for the US army.
Research by Jeffrey Bordin, a behavioural scientist commissioned by the US military, found American soldiers enraged their Afghan colleagues with extreme arrogance, bullying and ''crude behaviour''.
It criticised as ''profoundly intellectually dishonest'' NATO claims that the killing of alliance troops by Afghan soldiers was rare.
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