we still have troops on the ground, partnered with afghan units and soldiers out there, in kneel the field and that work continues. reporter: because the koran was burned at bagram and afghans are upset, 7 troops were hurt today and 2 advisors were killed, even though the most senior officials, including president obama apologized on friday. general allen, secretary panetta and president obama have all in different forms expressed their apology on behalf of the american people, and the american military. to the afghan people. to articulate that the united states military and indeed, the american people, have enduring respect for the religious views and practices of the afghan people. reporter: something else president karzai said, at least 29 people have been killed and 200 have been hurt in the demonstrations following the burning of the koran. at bagram airbase, jamie and
u.s. forces need focus their resources and energy on this effort. there s a significant shortfall still of trainers to provide basic instruction and to afghan recruits and of mentors to imbed with afghan units in the field. building the capacity of the afghan security forces to provide security is not simply what we seek. it is what the afghan people seek. that s what we were told by 100 or so elders in southern afghanistan last year. when we asked them what they wanted the united states to do, they told us that we should train and equip the afghan army and provide for their country s security and then we should depart. the 1600 delegates to the afghanistan consulted a peace at the beginning of the month adopted a resolution calling on the international community to, quote, expedite the training and equipping of the afghan security forces so they can gain the capacity to provide security for
soldiers were killed by an afghan soldier and what the military calls and insider attack. seven other american soldiers were shot and wounded in a similar incident a week later. defense secretary jim mattis said he will present a new plan in the region. feel what specifics have you learned about this new plan for afghanistan? it would be a fundamental change from the obama administration policy. offered this assessment. we are not winning in afghanistan right now. we will correct this as soon as possible. in february, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan told congress, he needed a few thousand more troops after then, president obama offered 1500 troops out of afghanistan. at the end of december. we skip the step where you re supposed to have a few dozen teams of advisors in the field with key afghan units.