Play all audios:
The newly-bolstered joint ANA and British force, already fully integrated, is intended to drive forward efforts to stabilise security in the northern Nad ‘Ali area.
The British and Afghan troops are already learning from each other, with the Brits passing on their elite soldiering skills while the Afghans share their crucial knowledge of the local
terrain and population.
Now, out on patrol, the Afghans are also being familiarised with the various weapon systems that the British paratroopers use against the insurgency.
Captain Graham Brady of the Scots Guards, an officer working with the Brigade Advisory Group, the British unit responsible for overseeing ANA development, said:
This working relationship and the ability of the ANA to pick up and affect local dynamics was evident on the new partnered force’s first patrol.
The two armies worked hand in hand to set up a checkpoint in the local area where the ANA took the lead by taking control of the operation, integrating with the locals and providing the
security element to the area.