Afghan Army Takes The Lead

Afghan Soldiers Enter A Taliban Nest — Without U.S. Troops By Their Side -- Washington Post In TANGI VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN — When the first Af...

5000 Afghan Troops Quit Every Month

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Leopoldo Bejarano Jr., right, observes an Afghan soldier adjust the aim on a D-30 howitzer on Forward Operating Base Me...

Will The Afghan Army Be Ready When U.S. And NATO Forces Withdraw?

Afghanistan: An Army Prepares -- Al Jazeera When US troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, will the country's own forces be able to hold the ...

Women Are Starting To Join The Afghan Military

Women Break Barriers In Afghan Military -- CBS (CBS News) FORT RUCKER, Ala. - The last American combat troops will exit Afghanistan at the e...

Afghan Troops Are Not Happy

U.S. Army Capt. Tyler Vest, center, speaks with an Afghan soldier while U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Noonan looks on as they finish a combined patr...

Afghanistan's Army Is Not Ready To Take Over

An Afghan villager offers food to U.S. Army Capt. Robert Gacke and several of his troops during a meeting with village elders in Afghanistan...

U.S. Spends $14K Per Afghan Troop Per Year. Afghan Troop Salary Is $1,872

Afghan National Army soldiers arrive for a ceremony in Mehtar Lam. Reuters The U.S. Spends $14K Per Afghan Troop Per Year, But Each Earns $1...

The Afghan Military Is Not Ready

An Afghan National Army soldier carries his rifle in eastern Afghanistan Kunar province / Reuters Will the Afghan Army Be Ready? -- Sara Sor...

Secret NATO Report: Do Not Trust Our Afghan Allies

These five soldiers were shot and killed by a 'rogue' Afghan policeman at a checkpoint in the Nad e-Ali district of Helmand province...

Women Recruits In The Afghan Army

The Afghan army's women officer cadets share a joke between lessons. Photo: Lalage Snow Force For Change: The Women Of The New Afghan ...

What Does It Take To Create An Afghan Special Forces Organization

Making The Afghan Special Forces -- Special Force CAMP MOREHEAD, WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Here on the outskirts of Kabul, a single Spe...

Finding The Right Ethnic Balance In The Afghan Army Is Becoming A Problem

Afghan recruits shortly before graduation from the Kabul Military Training Center. Yochi Dreazen/The Wall Street Journal Cracks Are Appearin...

This Is The Afghan Army That We Are Training (Video)

From The Danger Room: Top NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal calls training local soldiers and cops “ our main effort ” in Afghanista...

Afghan Army: Corrupt, Untrained, Underpaid, Illiterate

From Defence of the Realm: The Sunday Times laments the poor state of the Afghan security forces, with a long piece headed: "Corrupt, ...

U.S. Cool To Surge In Afghanistan's Own Force

Senior administration officials said that the timetable will not be tied to particular conditions on the ground in Afghanistan. Scott Olson...

Where Are The Afghan Security Forces?

Afghan Army recruits From Time Magazine: President Obama's plain-speaking Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, on Nov. 12 summed up the Admi...

Why U.S. Policy On Afghanistan Cannot Rely On The Afghan Army

The U.S. hopes to double the size of the Afghan national army within the next two years. Above, Afghan recruits shortly before graduation fr...

Is The Afghan Army Better Than What Has Been Reported?

Afghan National Army soldiers stand for the audience and Afghan National Army officers attending the commemoration of the first birthday of ...