I spent the day at KMTC, the Kabul Military Training Center. I was there to escort a British television crew and monitor ISAF's number two man, Major General Jim Dutton being interviewed.
This base is home to hundreds and hundreds of Afghan National Army soldiers going through training. These guys are hard chargers. They run, don't walk. They seem full of hope and excitment. This is a busy place as the goal is to double the size of the Afghan Army within the next three years.
These soldiers will most likely find themselves in combat... but it's a better life than anything else a young man could find here in this very poor country. Clothes, food and money... they even teach them to read and write. So how much does an Afghan soldier make? A whopping $125... per MONTH!
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