article_snippet.sent: military trainers bouncing between multi-million dollar, high security bases, on Black Hawks, miles from the front line.
article_snippet.sent: We are near Jalalabad, at a regional logistics hub for the Afghan police force -- a generous facility that was originally intended to resupply the entire east of Afghanistan with uniforms, ammunition, even fuel for vehicles.
article_snippet.sent: Dozens of Afghan police gather there, and mill around, waiting for Dozens of Afghan police commanders to arrive.
article_snippet.sent: We ask the Afghan policemen how many of the Afghan policemen get resupplied there, at this stage, four months since it opened, and the Afghan policemen say: none.
article_snippet.sent: About 20 units a month file paperwork for resupply in the base, but supplies often still come from where the Afghan policemen did before -- Kabul.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. officials told us U.S. officials are optimistic the logistical road ahead can be smoothed -- that in the 18 plus months U.S. officials have left U.S. officials can get the Afghan army and police up to furnishing the Afghan army and police with the supply lines the Afghan army and police need.
article_snippet.sent: SUVs, even old American Humvees -- now gifted to Afghan police to drive around -- lie disabled by mine strikes.
article_snippet.sent: The Americans were hoping Afghan police could stack the vehicles here, assess The Americans resupply needs, or cannibalize the vehicles.
article_snippet.sent: Surrounding our crew at all times are "Guardian Angels" -- U.S. soldiers on guard duty, protecting our crew own from rogue Afghan police or soldiers, trying to prevent the newest and most serious scourge -- "green on blue" attacks, in which Afghan security forces turn Afghan security forces guns on Americans.