Herat, Afghanistan - General Graziano and the honorable Lotti received an update on the situation in the Responsibility Area in the presence of the Italian Ambassador Roberto Cantone and the Deputy Commander of the RS mission, Division General Rosario Castellano. In particular, General Mirra, Commander of the Train Advise Assist Command West (TAAC W), illustrated the progress made by the Mission in terms of training, consultancy and assistance in favor of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces - ANDSF).
"It is a pride to see our soldiers at work - Mr Lotti said on the sidelines of the visit - if the situation in Afghanistan is recovering and is slowly returning to normal, it is also thanks to our help, to help these guys."
General Graziano stressed that "the mission in Afghanistan is evolving towards the success of fully returning security to the hands of the Afghan security forces. "
"To do this - added the General - it is necessary that our training is as effective as possible, the Afghan military at the moment is very busy, suffering heavy losses and they need us".
"To improve the effectiveness of our model - continued the Head of SMD - in addition to training at the army corps level, we will also try to go down to a lower level, brigade, in order to better qualify their instructors ".
The Italian Armed Forces are present "in many operations - the general concluded - and our military has in several circumstances proven to be among the best in the world standing out for great passion and skill. "
(photo: SMD)
