U.S. Looking for Leaders in Afghan Army

U.S. Looking for Leaders in Afghan Army – Jim Michaels, USA Today.

… After eight years and billions of dollars spent on building Afghanistan’s military, coalition officials have concluded a lack of quality leaders is now the biggest obstacle to creating a fighting force capable of standing on its own…

The commander in charge of training the Afghan army into a force capable of taking over for coalition troops, Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, has ordered that development of leadership skills be a top priority.

“It’s more important than equipment,” Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top allied commander here, said in an interview. “It’s more important than doctrine. It’s more important even than ideology.”

And it may be the single most important factor that decides whether the Taliban is defeated and the U.S. military can go home, experts say…

Much more at USA Today.