Nato troops try to boost morale of Afghan troops

Drill time:An Italian soldier from Nato’s Resolute Support Mission training Afghan National Army soldiers at the Kabul Military Training centre on the outskirts of Herat. — AFP

Camp Arena (Afghanistan): The target is behind a slope, the advance is unprotected: crawl, fire! Italian instructors in western Afghanistan have been using the relatively quiet winter to bolster Afghan troops against the Taliban.

The war-torn country’s security forces are being killed in horrific numbers as they grapple with a militant resurgence, raising questions about how much more they can endure.