The Afghan president is looking at ways of nearly doubling the size of his army and police force. The reason is that he wants his country to not have to rely on international troops to maintain its own security. Its a very good thing that the Afghan people want their autonomy. It is good to all of our military ring customers serving there because the sooner the Afgan government gets on their feet the sooner they can come home.
It sounds to me that president Karzai is under pressure from Afghans to get international troops removed from the country. It is not good for foreign troops to be in any country so I can understand where the Afghan president is coming from on this one. I know that our custom military ring customers who are currently serving in afghanistan would love to come home.
My question though is that when he builds this large force will the quality of his troops suffer? Many of his troops are double agents as it is so I wonder is he increases the size of his army will he get more troops who are reliable? There are too many factors involved for me to try to make an educated guess so I’ll just leave the question on the table. Some of you operation enduring freedom ring customers who are close to whats happening there should tell us what you think.
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