how he will use some of the elements of the additional brigade going into the districts around kandohar city to work with theer afghan partners so they can do what president karzai wants them to do. there are 500 or so local leaders there, discussing what is coming to the province, hat afghan forces lead wherever that is possible. >> what percentage of time do you think they will be in the lead? most of the time? roughly half of the time? how often will it be afghan troops in the lead? can you give us some estimate? >> it will depend on the component. >> with respect to the police, they are in the lead. the civil order police will be in the lead. with partners, but not by any means full members alongside them. they will be conducting the operations and they will be leading in nos. >> give us an idea. are the operations going to be led by afghan troops? >> i believe that the presence patrols, if you will, will be ones that are led by the afghan forces, and that the high-end operations that require the integration of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems are an important compo