television correspondent who has filmed several military operations in this war is french television's jean betalinoeapons used by the afghans do not come from the states nor from china, for the most part. most of the weapons held by them, that is to say the afghan freedom fighters, are weapons which were garnered in the course of operations. first of all, there are reason incredible number of desertions in the afghan army. don't forget that since the soef yet invasion a great many afghan army units along the weapons and equipment have defected to join the resistance. so it is mostly these weapons which the afghans are using. >> but there are a lot of afghan desert deserters. this comes by the fact that this is not a popular war at all. most people in the afghan army have families who are against the regime. there is no motivation to fight. the mujahideen are all over the country. they are numerous. they have the backing of the population and it's not really motivating for an army to be fighting against its own people. i think that's the main reason of those desertions. >> reporter: mujahideen tacti