basic instruction to afghan recruits and of noernts embed with afghan units in the field. building the capacity of the afghan security forces to provide security is not simply what we seek it s what the afghan people seek. that s what we were told by 100 or so elders in southern afghanistan last year and when we asked them what they wanted the united states to do, they told us that we should train and equip the afghan army to provide for their country s security and then we should depart. the 1600 delegates to afghanistan consulted a piece your ga at the beginning of this month, adopted a resolution, calling on the international community expedite the training and eing of the afghan security forces so that they can gain cat p.a. pap passity to provide security for their own country and people. i remain deeply concerned, however, by reports that there are relatively few afghan army troops in the lead in operations