Afghans are putting their own security systems in place to tackle the Taliban in the northern province of Kunduz.<br /><br />Here local militiamen are resorting to a traditional form of community policing known as Arbakai, or anti-Taliban militias, to protect their land and people.<br /><br />The militiamen are experienced in warfare. They are former Mujahedeen who fought against the Russians.<br /><br />Now they are carrying out patrols day and night in their villages and beyond, filling a security vacuum the government has been unable to fill.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports. (11 March 2010)
