Afghan Security Forces Improving Quickly, Allen Says

Afghan Security Forces Improving Quickly, Allen Says

By Karen Parrish
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 – Afghan forces are improving faster than coalition leaders or they themselves anticipated, the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said here today.

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