training of some afghan forces. afghan police and soldiers attacking coalition forces more than 30 times this year. a spokesperson says this temporary suspension will effect 1,000 trainees and give american military some time to adjust the evaluation process for new recrui recruits. colin powell has more. >> troops have died this year at the hands of their african security partners. because of this increase of insider attacks the u.s. military announced they are temporarily halting the training and recruiting of afghan police forces. the african police force is a local militia trained and equipped by u.s. local forces. it is a program designed to give local afghans armed equipped and fighting insurgency in areas where there isn't a strong afghan security presence there are no police or military in that area. the whole idea is to have a sort of local awakening.