In Pictures
At the Military Training Centre Afghan soldiers are trained to the right standard and quality by British, American and other NATO troops [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers loaded up with kit [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers on the march [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
A passing out parade of Afghan National Army soldiers [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan National Army helmets and weapons [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
At the moment recruitment is at a high because the harvests are in and people are looking for other employment [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers break for lunch [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers during their training [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers on a route march [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
A passing out parade of Afghan National Army soldiers [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
The vast training area in the mountainous outskirts of Kabul is littered with rusting Soviet-era tanks and derelict buildings [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
The vast training area in the mountainous outskirts of Kabul [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers in the mountainous training area [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
A British soldier oversees live firing by an Afghan soldier on a training range [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
An Afghan soldier practises fire and manoeuvre on a training range [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Soldiers of the Afghan National Army training in the mountainous outskirts of Kabul [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Afghan soldiers in part of the training area [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]
Two Afghan soldiers take a break from training [Picture: Lt Sally Armstrong RN, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]