Army Contracts with Companies Tied to al Qaeda, Taliban Not Suspended
SIGAR calls on Army to immediately cut ties to groups
The U.S. Army continues to reject recommendations from a U.S. oversight official that it suspend government contracts with 43 individuals and companies believed to be “supporters of the Taliban, the Haqqani network, and al Qaeda,” according to a newly issued oversight report.
A Billion Bucks in Bullets
U.S. government has given Afghan National Army more than $1 billion in ammo
The U.S. government has given the embattled Afghan National Army (ANA) more than $1 billion in taxpayer-funded ammunition, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR) latest oversight report.
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
SIGAR official: Afghanistan may not be ready to defend itself upon departure of U.S. troops
Afghan security forces remain unprepared to defend Afghanistan despite U.S. expenditures of more than $54 billion on training and equipment, the Obama administration’s top oversight official in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday afternoon. Footing the Bill for Fraud
Reconstruction funds wasted, stolen in war-torn nation
The Afghan government will need $70 billion in aid over the next decade in order to sustain its security forces and ensure that the war-torn nation does not backslide into terrorism, according to new estimates by the World Bank. 