COVER STORY

In Afghanistan, Training Up Is Hard To Do

If the U.S. wants Afghans to defend themselves, in the short run it will require more American troops, not fewer.

by Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009


If the United States really wants Afghans to assume more of their own defense, in the short run it will require more American troops to help train them. U.S. advisers do their best work fighting alongside their trainees.

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