Afghan army can't last six months without U.S. support: Ghani

AVA- We will not be able to support our army for six months without U.S. support, and U.S. capabilities… Because we don’t’ have the money,” Ghani said in an interview with U.S. television network CBS News.

Asked about worsening of security condition in Afghanistan including in capital Kabul, Ghani said that the war is changing from a war against armies to a war against people.

“21 international terrorist groups are operating in this country. Dozens of suicide bombers are being sent. There are factories producing suicide bombers. We are under siege,” Ghani said on 60 Minutes program.

CBS journalist Lara Logan said that U.S. soldiers and diplomats couldn’t drive two miles in Kabul, between airport and U.S. Embassy, for fear of an attack. Instead, they are transported by helicopter

It’s a country at war. And It’s capital that is under attack by a determined enemy,” John Nicholson, the U.S. commander of international forces, said. “Protecting the lives of our troops is our number-one priority. If we can fly instead of drive and that offers them a greater degree of safety, then it’s the prudent and the right thing to do,”

According to Nicholson, the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan can deliver a win.

He said that he is giving himself two years to deliver major changes.