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Blackwater Vies for $1 Billion Afghan Police Contract

In other news from Afghanistan, the company formerly known as Blackwater is in the running for a contract potentially worth one billion dollars to train Afghanistan’s national police force.
Under an existing defense contract, the company, Xe, already trains the Afghan border police — an arm of the national police — and drug interdiction units in southern Afghanistan.

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