TO GO WITH THE STORY "Afghanistan-unrest

TO GO WITH THE STORY "Afghanistan-unrest-military-Security" by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson A civilian car drives past a US army humvee guarding a road during a patrol near the Dokalam border post in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province on April 3, 2009. Building up and training the fledgling Afghan army is a key exit strategy for the United States and other Western powers keen to quell a Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan that last year reached its deadliest yet. But nearly eight years after the fall of the Taliban regime, Afghan troops still lack equipment to deal with the increasingly sophisticated tactics of the resurgent fundamentalist movement, and are grappling with the basics. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP via Getty Images)