We have three kandaks operational already. There is a fourth one, which appears to be on schedule. We hope that will occur. As I mentioned earlier, the operation at the Arghandab was something we have long hoped to see, where an Afghan battalion could plan and execute a joint operation just with mentoring. There is a clear indication that they are moving where we want. It is a vindication of our operational mentoring liaison efforts to bring them up to a level where they get to that. We hope to be able to do that with more kandaks in the future.
On November 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.