Rapid Fire September 10, 2012: Afghanistan Close, But No SIGAR

Sep 10, 2012 10:40 UTC

• The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released its interim report [PDF] on the pretroleum-related logistics capabilities of the Afghan National Army (ANA). NATO’s Combined
  

Security Transition Command in Afghanistan (NTM-A/CSTC-A) has been training and equipping them for a total close to $1.1B over the 2007-2012 period. This has trickled down into recent annual justifications in the US Army budget in the $340M-$430M range. The SIG notified [PDF] the Pentagon of what they see as significant problems:

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