AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES TO COST U.S. $10 BILLION PER YEAR

"... Gen. David H. Petraeus,... estimated that building and maintaining a combined army and police force of 400,000 — a size that American commanders believe may eventually be needed to fully secure the country — would cost more than $10 billion a year... (He said) “There’s no question... that Afghanistan will require substantial international funding for years to come in a whole host of different areas, not the least of which is their security forces.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/10/general-david-petraeus-wa_n_387371.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/world/asia/10policy.html?ref=world