Only one percent of Afghan battalions can fight on their own.

Marine and Afghan battalions will remain in the area for the foreseeable future, he added.

Few Afghan battalions operate with sufficient proficiency, in the judgment of ISAF, to act independently.

On the other hand, I've followed behind other Afghan battalions which have a long way to go.

But he conceded that only "about one percent" of Afghan battalions operate independently of U.S. forces.

Terry praised " Afghan solutions" like the rise of a "mobile strike force, an armored wheeled-based platform" that seven Afghan battalions will use.