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Transition from U.S. to Afghanistan military an uphill climb

Afghan Army Lt. Col. Kohadamani Hamidullah gives orders before a mission to look for Taliban weapon supplies outside the town of Maidan Shahr.

Afghan Army Lt. Col. Kohadamani Hamidullah gives orders before a mission to look for Taliban weapon supplies outside the town of Maidan Shahr.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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With Afghan forces having taken over their own security responsibilities, the army is beset by a lack of working equipment and big gaps in military readiness.

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Lt. Col. Kohadamani Hamidullah’s troops have struggled to defend the town of Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, from insurgent attacks.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Afghan army soldiers head out on a mission to hunt for Taliban weapon supplies outside Maidan Shahr.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Members of the Afghan army mobilize before a mission to look for Taliban weapon supplies near Maidan Shahr.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Afghan soldiers prepare for a mission to hunt for Taliban weapons outside Maidan Shahr.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Barbed wire cordons off an area where a truck bomber hit a government and military compound in central Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, in November, killing five people and injuring more than 100.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Part of a government and military compound in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, lies in ruins after a truck bomb attack in November.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

A medic with the Afghan army, Dr. Shirali Afghan, waits for three incoming soldiers wounded by a roadside bomb at their base in Maidan Shahr.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Afghanistan colonel Kohadamani Hamidullah

Mohammed Abdullah, left, is among a group of Afghan soldiers being treated after they were wounded by a roadside bomb in Maidan Shahr.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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