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Gen. John F. Campbell, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, speaks during a ceremony in Kabul on Aug. 26. Campbell is overseeing the U.S. drawdown in the country after 13 years of war. Massoud Hossaini/AP hide caption
Gen. John F. Campbell, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, speaks during a ceremony in Kabul on Aug. 26. Campbell is overseeing the U.S. drawdown in the country after 13 years of war.
As the U.S. military winds down its role in Afghanistan, the U.S. commander there, Gen. John Campbell, says Afghan forces have improved enough to handle the Taliban forces that are still waging war.
The Afghan military is "the strongest institution in Afghanistan," Campbell told NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep in an interview broadcast on Veterans Day.
The strength of the Afghan military is crucial in light of what has played out in Iraq. There, the U.S. military pulled out entirely at the end of 2011. By this year, the Iraqi army had crumbled in the face of the advancing Islamic State.
The U.S. is concluding its formal combat role in Afghanistan at the end of this year, but will keep a small force in the country for the next two years.
Here are some key questions, Campbell's answers and context:
Are Afghan forces ready to fight on their own?
Campbell: "I think they've done very well here over the last summer, as they've really taken on the fight themselves. They have the equipment, they've had the training. They need to do a little bit more work with their leadership. They've got to change out some leaders, they've got to hold some folks accountable. But whenever the [Afghan security forces] get involved with the Taliban, the Taliban cannot hold ground, they can't hold terrain. The Taliban can continue to strike fear and go after small outposts way out on the frontier, and that's what they do they attack those soft targets. ...
"But I'm telling you what I've seen the change from a couple of years ago to today. They do have the capability to protect themselves. They are the strongest institution in Afghanistan."
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Andrew Craft is a photographer based in North Carolina, where he is a staff photographer at the Fayetteville Observer. In April and May of this year he visited Afghanistan to photograph the drawdown of American troops military presence.
CBS News asked him a few questions about his experience photographing Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
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Andrew Craft photographed the U.S. military's drawdown in Afghanistan with his iPhone between shots for the Fayetteville Observer in April and Ma...
CBS News: I take it you went there for the Observer, how long were you there and what was your focus or objective?
Andrew Craft: Yes, I was there for the Observer for a little over a month. Since Fort Bragg is in our coverage area we make regular trips to Afghanistan to cover Fort Bragg soldiers. While there, we covered units from the 82nd Airborne Division, the 18th Airborne Corps and the 1st Theater Sustainment Command. Usually we end up just covering whatever those units are up to, which included guardian angel missions, the descoping of ISAF bases before the hand off to Afghan forces, the hand over of those ISAF bases, the retrosort yards, etc.
CBS News: Where in Afghanistan did you go?
AC: On this trip I covered more ground than I've ever had in a trip. We hit up Kabul, Bagram Airfield, FOB [Forward Operating Base] Ghazni, FOB Lightning, Camp Mike Spann near Mazar-e-Sharif, Hairatan, FOB Tarin Kowt, Kandahar Airfield, FOB Pasab and COP [Combat Outpost] Hutal. The only part of the country we didn't hit up was the western portion of the country.
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Analysts on Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif #39;s one day visit to Afghanistan.
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