Will Afghan Forces Be Prepared By 2014?

from National Public Radio

The American strategy to hand over responsibility for security to Afghan forces by 2014 depends on one key unknown: whether Afghan military and police forces will be up to the job by then. Host Robert Siegel talks to NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman, who is in Afghanistan and has the latest on the quality of Afghan troops, as well as recent disagreements between Afghanistan's president and the top American military commander.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 15, 2010