Searching For Good Afghan Officers

U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, above, inspects an Afghan National Army guard of honor March 25 in Herat. Good leaders are "more important than equipment...more important than doctrine," McChrystal says. By Majid Saeedi, Getty Images

U.S. Looking For Leaders In Afghan Army -- USA Today

PUL-E-CHARKI, Afghanistan — Zakirullah Omid was a natural choice for a suicide bomber. The 15-year-old boy was young and an enthusiastic believer in the Taliban, having already committed brazen attacks against NATO and Afghan soldiers.

The Taliban visited his family one day and gave Omid a final assignment: blow himself up at an outpost commanded by Brig. Gen. Zemarai. The charismatic Afghan commander had been frustrating Taliban efforts in the rugged Tagab Valley, east of Kabul, and the insurgents wanted him dead.

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My Comment: It will take years .... if not more .... for an Afghan officer corps to be developed and formed. The problem with such a program is that no one in the US (or any of our allies) has the patience or interest to stay in Afghanistan that long.