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NATO forces are putting more trained Afghan troops on the front lines and plan "rolling operations" against Taliban insurgents who are intensifying their attacks but remain unable

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STONERS
April 25, 2007, 3:01 p.m.
NATO officers, however, say many problems still confront the Afghan army. Soldiers go into battle on unarmored pickup trucks and carrying hand-me-down weaponry. Commanders lack experience in large-unit operations. Retaining the low-paid troops is difficult and their numbers are still too few.
The Afghan government says the goal of 70,000 Afghan soldiers - roughly double the current strength - has been pushed forward to December 2008 from 2011, and new U.S. funding of $8.6 billion for Afghanistan's security will help equip them.
But even a formidable Afghan army, backed by a beefed-up NATO, is unlikely to suppress the insurgency in the foreseeable future.
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dandt1612
April 26, 2007, 12:30 p.m.
We might have already taken care of this sore on the face of the earth if we had not been messing around in Iraq and focused on the REAL threat to the world.