Afghan National Army soldiers take cover behind a berm as U.S. Marines with 1/3 Charlie Company battle insurgents northeast of Marjah on Feb. 11. Patrick Baz / AFP via Getty Images Afghan Soldiers Way Below Standard, Exasperated Marines Say -- McClatchy News
MARJAH, Afghanistan — If the U.S. Marines at Combat Outpost Turbett have any problems with their Afghan colleagues, they're with the Afghan soldiers who followed them into battle against Taliban fighters, not with the elite police officers who've stepped in to help fill the security vacuum.
While the Marines praise the Afghan National Civil Order Police force, they can barely conceal their contempt for the Afghan soldiers who live alongside the Americans in this one-time drug den in Marjah.
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My Comment: This was the same problem that the Soviets had with their Afghan allies when they were fighting in Afghanistan in the 1980s. When the Soviets left .... it took only 2 years for everything to disintegrate.
It appears that we are repeating Soviet history. After 9 years of conflict, billions spent on training an Afghan security force .... we now have a dysfunctional and heroin addicted Afghan military.
If the Afghan soldier is unwilling to fight and protect his country .... why should we?
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