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Afghan Forces Still Not Ready For Independent Ops, General Says

August 25 2010

Afghanistan

The U.S. commander in charge of the training of Afghan security forces says that the Afghan military is more than a year away from being able to conduct independent operations, reports the American Forces Press Service.

Some Afghan combat units are leading missions, but enabling support such as engineers, logisticians, military intelligence and other necessary elements are not yet established, said Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, the head of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan and...

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