Afghan's "West Point"

"The largest-ever freshman class at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan is learning to shine boots, read a map and balance a full load of college courses as the Afghan National Army desperately tries to boost its officer corps.  Inside a Soviet-era air academy near the Kabul Airport where unexploded ordnance and rusting Soviet aircraft parts sat in bombed out buildings, the Afghan National Army has built its own version of West Point. Five years after the first 120 cadets enrolled in the National Military Academy of Afghanistan, 296 new Afghan officers have graduated."

Read the rest of the article in "Largest class enters Afghan military academy", Army Times, October 19, 2010.