July 28, 2014
By Jim Geraghty
The U.S. Special Inspector General (click here) for Afghanistan Reconstruction just released a report revealing that the Afghan military and police forces are doing a poor job of keeping track of the weapons provided to them by the U.S. Department of Defense....
Everything is going to be left behind anyway for the USA's newest success in the history of it's war college.
What have I said on this blog? When there is import of munitions to any region of the world by any power there is always going to be use of those munitions through confiscated and/or black market sales.
What is the directive of the United Nations regarding this mess?
Don't know?
How about THINK before exporting war to any other region of the world and small arms are prohibited in sales. Why? Because rebels dismantle governments and create REAL TIME problems to any sovereign authority to control their domestic peace.
In Afghanistan, you mean to tell me this is a surprise?
17 December 2012
By Nasim Fekrat...With the increased frequency of green on blue attacks, (click here) the topic has become an important subject for western media. It is usually portrayed as a religious and cultural problem in which Afghan troops react to perceived insults by American troops’ behavior. Others cite Taliban infiltration into Afghan security forces. But after talking to various Afghan journalists and writers who have been covering this issue for the past decade, I realized that the reasons behind these attacks go much deeper than cultural and religious incompatibilities or suspected Taliban infiltration. Rather, the motivation behind the green on blue attacks has developed over the past half decade of NATO operations in Afghanistan....
This loss of munitions was expected at the Pentagon. Simply because this accounting confirms it doesn't mean this is news to anyone. If the Afghan police and military are sincerely concerned about the missing military equipment, they might want to check the Pakistan ISI, including the Taliban. I am sure the Haqqanis are very happy indeed.
By Jim Geraghty
The U.S. Special Inspector General (click here) for Afghanistan Reconstruction just released a report revealing that the Afghan military and police forces are doing a poor job of keeping track of the weapons provided to them by the U.S. Department of Defense....
Everything is going to be left behind anyway for the USA's newest success in the history of it's war college.
What have I said on this blog? When there is import of munitions to any region of the world by any power there is always going to be use of those munitions through confiscated and/or black market sales.
What is the directive of the United Nations regarding this mess?
Don't know?
How about THINK before exporting war to any other region of the world and small arms are prohibited in sales. Why? Because rebels dismantle governments and create REAL TIME problems to any sovereign authority to control their domestic peace.
In Afghanistan, you mean to tell me this is a surprise?
17 December 2012
By Nasim Fekrat...With the increased frequency of green on blue attacks, (click here) the topic has become an important subject for western media. It is usually portrayed as a religious and cultural problem in which Afghan troops react to perceived insults by American troops’ behavior. Others cite Taliban infiltration into Afghan security forces. But after talking to various Afghan journalists and writers who have been covering this issue for the past decade, I realized that the reasons behind these attacks go much deeper than cultural and religious incompatibilities or suspected Taliban infiltration. Rather, the motivation behind the green on blue attacks has developed over the past half decade of NATO operations in Afghanistan....
This loss of munitions was expected at the Pentagon. Simply because this accounting confirms it doesn't mean this is news to anyone. If the Afghan police and military are sincerely concerned about the missing military equipment, they might want to check the Pakistan ISI, including the Taliban. I am sure the Haqqanis are very happy indeed.
