3,400 more trainers sought for Afghanistan

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Where is this endless supply coming from? :(


http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=44256

3,400 more trainers sought for Afghanistan


By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Web edition, Monday, March 12, 2007

ARLINGTON, Va. — Commanders in Afghanistan have requested about 3,400 extra troops to train Afghan security forces, Defense officials said Monday.

The Joint Staff, which assists the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in accomplishing his responsibilities, is working to determine which troops would head to Afghanistan, a senior Defense official said.

The troops would likely come from the Army, the official said.

The commander of Task Force Phoenix, charged with training Afghan police and soldiers, made the request for more trainers to the commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, CSTC-A spokesman Maj. Sheldon Smith said.

The move would increase the number of embedded trainers with Afghan National Police, Smith said in a Monday phone interview.

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