arbakai

The report details the expansion of Afghan government-backed militias, which are known as arbakai, in the northern province of Kunduz in order to "prevent a Taliban takeover".

The Guardian World News 2011

The so-called arbakai fighters -- the pashtu name for the militia forces -- will be paid $150 each for the month, and the governor said he hopes to keep them on his payrolls long-term.

Afghanistan Enlists Tribal Militia Forces 2009

Zahir Shah supported village-level defense forces, called arbakai, to establish order in eastern Afghanistan.

Going Local: The Key to Afghanistan Seth G. Jones 2009

The rights group's report said the Afghan government's failure to punish abusive local police officers or the militias known as arbakai was causing harm in several ways: seeding the ground for further abuses, building local support for the Taliban and eroding people's faith in the government to crack down on corruption, lawlessness and powerful local warlords.

NYT > Home Page By JACK HEALY 2011

She has denied that she and her son killed Storai or that her son was a member of the militia, called arbakai, the police spokesman said.

NYT > Home Page By GRAHAM BOWLEY 2012

The rights group's report said the Afghan government's failure to punish abusive local police officers or the militias known as arbakai was causing harm in several ways: seeding the ground for further abuses, building local support for the Taliban and eroding people's faith in the government to crack down on corruption, lawlessness and powerful local warlords.

NYT > Home Page By JACK HEALY 2011

She has denied that she and her son killed Storai or that her son was a member of one of the militias known as arbakai, the police spokesman said.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Graham Bowley 2012

local militias, known as arbakai, which are organized by local commanders, and the Afghan local police force, which is trained by American Special Operations forces and is supposed to be accountable to the Interior Ministry.

NYT > Home Page By ALISSA J. RUBIN 2011

local militias, known as arbakai, which are organized by local commanders, and the Afghan local police force, which is trained by American Special Operations forces and is supposed to be accountable to the Interior Ministry.

NYT > Home Page By ALISSA J. RUBIN 2011

has had a particular problem with the numerous so-called arbakai in its area, only a small percentage of which are in a program run by American Special Forces to train them as police officers for their communities.

NYT > Home Page By ALISSA J. RUBIN 2011