A coalition force member assists an Afghan local police officer with weapons maintenance during an operation to teach record keeping in the village of Khost in Afghanistan's Farah province, Nov. 3, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau
Afghan Army A Lost Cause For U.S. -- SFGate
Now it can be told: U.S. government auditors are finally acknowledging that Afghan security forces will be incapable of defending the nation from the Taliban after Western forces withdraw in 2014.
What does this mean? The Taliban, obviously determined to return to power, most certainly will retake most of the nation. The hapless Afghan army will probably just run away. That's what it did almost as soon as the Soviet Union, the last foreign occupier, pulled out.
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'He just started shooting,' Afghan survivor testifies in US military court -- CNN
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Photos: Life in Afghanistan this week -- Denver Post
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