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Afghanistan army to reach targeted strength
Afghanistan?s army will reach a targeted strength of a trained force of 70,000 within four months, but that will be insufficient to stand against internal and external threats, a government spokesman said yesterday.
Currently the Afghan National Army stands at around 57,000 out of the 70,000 target, set at an international conference after the Taliban?s removal in 2001.
The United States, which provides the bulk of the foreign troops in Afghanistan, is also the lead country in funding, training and equipping the Afghan army, which disintegrated in 1992 after the collapse of Kabul?s communist-backed regime.
Foreign military commanders in Afghanistan say they will keep their troops in the country until the domestic forces can stand on their own feet.
Hamid SHALIZI
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