Operation Moshtarak: Not your father's Afghan army

From a slideshow at Foreign Policy's "AfPak Channel":

Afghan National Army soldiers arrive at the ANA Camp Shorab near Camp Bastian during the second day of the joint NATO-Afghan Operation Moshtarak on Feb. 14, 2010...
MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images

Plus a sensible post Feb. 16 by Tom Ricks at The Best Defense:

No, Tom is not boycotting the latest big offensive in the Helmand Valley

I just don't have anything to say about it until we get past the clear phase and into holding. That's when we will see if anything is really different. But it's gonna take months.

I recommend you all do the same and not bother reading stories or watching talking heads about this. You'd be better off studying Pashtun proverbs.

Earlier--what the Canadians have been doing:

Helmand: CF participation in ISAF Operation Moshtarak