Gen. Dunford in Afghanistan in to assess campaign plan

AVA- “I want to talk to the actual advisors who are working on the ground with the Afghans every day and make some conclusions about where we are,” Dunford told reporters traveling with him.
Accompanied by a delegation of senior military officials, Gen. Dunford will meet with senior Afghan and U.S. officials to get a top-down look at the situation, according to Pentagon.
In regards to the ongoing efforts to bolster the capabilities of the Afghan armed forces, Gen. Dunford has said “This effort is all tied to the four-year plan promulgated by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last year.”
There are many moving parts, the chairman said. He wants to understand progress in building the Afghan military aviation enterprise.
The statement by Pentagon stated that the chairman will also get a chance to see NATO forces operating in the country. “NATO and partner forces contribute to about a third of the train, advise and assist effort and are “inextricably linked” down to the tactical level,” he said.
The four-year security plan of the Afghan government mainly focuses on the development of the fighting capabilities of the Afghan armed forces.
In a meeting with the Special Operations Forces in Kabul late in January, President Ghani said necessary arrangements have been considered to empower the Special Forces while similar plans for similar arrangements for the Afghan Air Force will be prepared soon.
The NATO and US military officials are saying that the size of the Afghan Air Force will be trippled with the addition of new equipment by 2023.