"With the NATO mission now shrinking rapidly, the future of Afghanistan rests with its national army and police, but rocketing casualty rates point to weaknesses in first-aid and a lack of long-term treatment. U.S. officials said that at the height of last year’s “fighting season” more than 400 army and police were being killed in action every month, while the Afghan government does not release figures ― to avoid damaging public morale. “I was very happy being a soldier,” Ahmad told AFP as he struggled with his new prosthetic limb at an International Committee of the Red Cross orthopaedic center in Gulbahar, 75 kilometers north of Kabul.“I have heard no news of any compensation or pension. I was not receiving any treatment at all, so my family brought me here. The army didn’t do anything.”
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