` ` will know they can stay out of the fight , '' says a British general . About 1,700 insurgents have entered the training program , he says . Estimates are that as many as 500 Taliban fighters remain in the field . The death of Mohammed bin Ali may convince more to turn , the general says .
`` People know they can step out of the fight , '' says a British general . About 1,700 insurgents have entered the reintegration program , he says . Estimates are that as many as 25,000 Taliban fighters remain in the field . The killing of Osama bin Laden may convince more to turn , the general says .