{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"U.S. Cuts Corners on Afghan Army Training","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article24212.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article24212.html'\u003EU.S. Cuts Corners on Afghan Army Training\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. government\u2019s public statements that it is \u201caccelerating\u201d the training of the Afghan National Army (ANA) are misleading.   In 2004, ANA training was legitimately accelerated when the number of recruits undergoing training was doubled.  Currently, the acceleration in training is being accomplished by shortening the training from fourteen (14) weeks (six weeks of basic training, six weeks of advanced infantry training and two weeks of collective training) to a dismally short eight (8) (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}