Afghanistan's Soldiers Prepare For Life On Their Own -- Anna Coren, CNN
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- On a clear morning in Kabul, I'm standing on top of a wind-swept mountain, taking in the beauty around me. In the distance, I can see the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains towering over the sprawling, dusty capital of four million people in front of me.
The ruins of the King's and Queen's Palaces -- destroyed during the civil war in 1992 -- are within mortar firing range from where I'm standing. This was where Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the militia leader, and other warlords positioned their tanks against the northern alliance firing relentlessly on the city -- a four-year war that would decimate Kabul, claiming tens of thousands of lives.
But Afghanistan has a long history of war and Hekmatyar wasn't the only fighter to have stumbled across this strategic position.
Protected by low-lying hills, the crater directly beneath me at the base of the mountain, has been used by the British, the Soviets, the Americans and now the Afghans to fight their enemies.
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My Comment: This is their fight .... and they will have to step up whether U.S./international forces are there or not.
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From watching the tape I wouldn't put any money on them.
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