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Concerns mounting over billion-dollar construction projects in Afghanistan

By Laurel Adams

A major construction project to build 900 security sites for the Afghanistan National Security Forces is so poorly planned that $11.4 billio

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"… nly 4 percent of design plans met the eight key components required by the Afghan National Security Forces contract with MACTEC, an engineering and consulting firm based in Atlanta, …"

Lost, stolen, sold? Tracking U.S. weapons in Afghanistan

By Te-Ping Chen

When the headlines first appeared in August 2007, they seemed ironic: Four years after the United States invaded Iraq in search of Saddam Hu

Excerpts from this story referencing "Afghan National Army":

"… aq, is nonetheless huge. From 2005 to 2008, the United States provided the Afghan National Army — part of the Afghan National Security Forces — with $3.7 billion in w …"

Government auditor challenges White House account of Afghanistan security

By Richard H.P. Sia

A special inspector general discloses that as US forces head for the exit, the Pentagon has not met its goal for enlarging the Afghan force

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"… t quarterly report. Instead, as of Feb. 18, the number of personnel in the Afghan National Army, National Police and Air Force totaled 332,753, or about 20,000 fewer, acc …"

"… with several months of higher-than-average levels of attrition in the ANA [Afghan National Army], resulted in a net decrease." He said ANSF end-strength rose to 336,365 …"

"… neral reported that the extensive U.S.-led coalition effort to develop the Afghan National Army’s command-and-control capabilities, which are crucial in executing count …"

"… ations on its own, “had produced a marginally sufficient” system. The Afghan National Army “did not yet have the ability to plan and conduct sustained operations w …"