(28 May 2013)
FILE: Kabul - 20 March 2011
1. Various of Afghan army soldiers firing during a training session
Kabul - 8 May 2013
2. Wide of weapons on the ground in Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC)
3. Various of soldiers cleaning their weapons after a training session
4. Mid of soldiers being searched after arriving from a training field
5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Sadrudin Qeyami, 20 year-old Afghan National Army Soldier:
"We are ready, the Afghan national army now has the ability and we can carry on the military operations, and they have been successful so far. God willing we, Afghans, with our courage and with the help of God have the ability to take control over our own security."
Kandahar - 22 April 2013
6. Pan of military ambulance driving towards Afghan military hospital
7. Hospital staff wheeling a wounded Afghan soldier on stretcher, to surgery room
8. Various of medical team treating wounded soldier
9. Setup shot of General Said Asim, commander at the Afghan military hospital in southern Kandahar
10. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) General Said Asim, commander at the Afghan military hospital in southern Kandahar:
"They (Taliban) have lost their military power. There are problems with landmines. Their type of fight is planting landmines, they don't have weapons which our army has, so our national army is very strong."
11. Various of 19-year-old Hamidullah, gun shot victim and suspected Taliban fighter in hospital
12. Close of Hamidullah's abdomen with stitches marks on it
13. Close of Hamidullah's leg chained to the bed
14. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Hamidullah, gun shot victim and suspected Taliban fighter:
"I was sitting on my field when firing started. I took my shovel and tried to leave, when the firing started from the other side. I fell down. I don't know who shot me, I don't know if it was the foreigners or the Taliban."
15. Various of medical team treating wounded soldiers
Kandahar - 20 April 2013
16. Setup shot of General Abdul Raziq, southern Kandahar province's police chief
17. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) General Abdul Raziq, southern Kandahar province's police chief:
"I know that for the sake of this country I might lose my hand, leg or an eye. When I go to my soldiers, very bravely they tell me 'we don't care about anything because we are sacrificing ourselves for our country'."
FILE: Marja district, Helmand province - 28 October 2012
18. Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) on a vehicle patrol in Marja district of Helmand province
19. Low angle shot of ANCOP during patrol
20. Various of road seen from inside a military vehicle
21. Mid of farmer taking his flock of sheep across the road in front of the ANCOP patrol
Kandahar - 20 April 2013
22. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) General Abdul Raziq, southern Kandahar province's police chief:
"Our security forces are prepared and they have the ability to fight, but the only problem are the landmines in our villages and routs where our people are commuting. And those landmines kill our countrymen every day, and they become victims, so this is still a big challenge."
Kabul - 8 May 2013
23. Various of Afghan soldiers receiving food after a training session in Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC)
24. Mid of soldiers eating
STORYLINE:
As part of preparations for the final withdrawal of international combat troops by the end of 2014, Afghanistan's security forces are being pressed into service, alone.
This year's fighting season is the first in 12 years of war when Afghan troops are responsible for security in 90 per cent of the country.
For the Afghan troops the battlefield has been a harsh taskmaster so far this year.
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