U.S. troops will begin training Afghan army soldiers to bolster security and guard borders in that
still-unstable nation, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday. The training will begin
in four to six weeks.
Guns and Knives Got Through Airport
The Transportation Department inspector general found that airport security screeners on
several dozen occasions failed to catch guns and simulated explosives, even after the September terrorist attacks, a person familiar with a report by Inspector General Kenneth Mead said Monday.
Enemies Threaten International Peacekeepers
Suspected al-Qaida and Taliban fighters planned to kill international peacekeepers by setting off car bombs in Afghanistan's capital, authorities said Monday. Six cars were rigged with booby-traps to be detonated, according to Flight Lt. Tony Marshall, a spokesman for the security force.
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