Afghans to take over greater security role

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/31/178707/afghans-to-take-over-greater-security.html

Afghans to take over greater security role
Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012
By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS | Los Angeles Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai's government announced Monday.

The next phase of the hand-over of security duties from North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led troops to Afghan soldiers and police will begin in two months and will give the national forces primary responsibility for defending 87 percent of the population, said Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who heads a transition commission set up by the government.

Speaking at a news conference, he dismissed concerns about the readiness of Afghan troops to take on the lead combat role against the Taliban-led insurgency, saying security has improved or remained the same in areas that have already made the transition.

"When the enemies of Afghanistan have attacked the Afghan national security forces, they have been defeated," Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi told reporters at the briefing.




unhappycamper comment: It appears Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi is channeling dubya or Dickie.

[pinboy3niner]

1. I hope he's not channeling Baghdad Bob

Happy New Year, unhappycamper!