KABUL, Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- In an effort to accelerate the recruiting process in the fledgling Afghan National Army (ANA), the US military is going to help Afghan government open more recruitment centers across the country, US official said here Monday.

    "Eleven more recruitment centers are set to open in the next few months, bringing the total to 35, including two centers in Kabul," Graig Weston, head of the Office of Military Cooperation in Afghanistan told reporters at a news conference.

    These recruitment centers, he added would be established in therestive southern provinces of Helmand, Nimruz, Zabul and other regions.

    Under the historic Bonn agreement, the post-war Afghanistan would have 70,000 strong brand new national army, of those over 21,000 have already been trained.

    "Today the Afghan National Army has more than 21,000 soldiers, about 17,800 trained soldiers and more than 3,400 in training," henoted.

    The rebuilding of 70,000-strong Afghan army, according to the US-led coalition, will be completed by September 2007. Enditem