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| 4,000 Soldiers Desert Their Posts Monthly: Gen. Campbell |
| 2015-08-06 |
| [Tolo News] General John F. Campbell, the Resolute Support Mission and the U.S. Forces commander in Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that at least 4,000 Afghan security force members are deserting their posts every month. Speaking at a question and answer session titled Afghanistan's Future at the Brooking Institution in Washington DC, Campbell criticized security bigshots in Afghanistan and said the main reason for troops deserting was because of a lack of a proper management of army and police personnel in the country. But on a lighter note he said the Taliban has no other way except to join the grinding of the peace processor because they will not be able to topple the Afghan government through war. "The number of Taliban gunnies that have been killed [this year] is probably three or four times higher than it was last year. The Afghan cops are becoming casualties but again they inflict a lot of casualties. I think we do see signs of fracturing in the battlefield from the leadership, lack of supplies and lack of money," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Bifocals made me wonder why a fine drunken 12 string guitar player would know this. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-08-06 19:19 |