Top US General: Leadership, Corruption are Afghanistan's Biggest Challenges

U.S. General John Nicholson, the commander of international forces in Afghanistan, said the biggest challenges facing Afghanistan next year are leadership and corruption in the Afghan military. “These do plague some portions of the Afghan security forces, and what it has led to is a poor sustainment of soldiers in the field," Nicholson said at the Pentagon Friday. The general said ineffectiveness and corruption in the supply system have left some Afghan soldiers on outposts...

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