"Over the last few months, there have been a number of training centers open that are exclusively for members of both the Afghan National Army and the Afghan national police force, and I would say that drug usage and illiteracy are two of the big problems within the security forces that NATO has really made a big priority now.

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But he said that We have created a 350, 000-strong Afghan national security force from scratch.

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We're seeing an Afghan national security force that is getting stronger and more robust and more capable of operating on its own.

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And without that training, without meeting the force requirements for an Afghan national security force, it gets harder for Afghans to ultimately assume responsibility.

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