World Press Photo Contest 2012 – Portraits, 2nd prize stories, Ton Koene, the Netherlands AFGHAN POLICE RECRUITS 10 February 2011 Kunduz, Afghanistan A new recruit at a police training center run by Germany, in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Young men recruited into the Afghan police force are often from rural areas where education is poor, and are largely illiterate. Many join the police solely for financial reasons—a police officer earns about €130 a month—but their loyalty to the government is...
