Australian Army Brig. Gen. Roger Noble, the ISAF Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations updates reporters in Washington on the situation in Afghanistan in a video conference from Kabul.
He addressed the recent decision by the commander of ISAF forces to discontinue regular joint patrols that included both Afghan and coalition forces after a spate of so-called "Green on Blue" violence, Afghans working alongside coalition troops have killed American and British soldiers.
The Afghan security forces have vowed to re-evaluate all of its members to try to root out infiltrators or men who have come under the influence of the Taliban.