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Old 11-03-2012, 21:04   #1
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Afghan Security Not Ready for 2014, Report Says

Well not like this is anything new.. Where's the peace pipe?? I didn;t know either to start a new thread or place this back into the nightmare called Afghanistan Thread.

Afghan Security Not Ready for 2014, Report Says

By Paul D. Shinkman
October 31, 2012

Afghanistan won't be ready to maintain the infrastructure for its security forces following the kind of drawdown that both candidates for president prescribe, a new report finds.

A low hiring rate, few technical skills, an inefficient procurement process and a lack of preparedness are among the reasons the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction believes that country won't be able to operate and maintain its own security forces' facilities after the U.S. and coalition troops begin withdrawing in 2014.

The report follows up on the $800 million the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave to a Exelis, a Virginia-based contractor, in 2010 to ensure Afghan security forces in both the northern and southern parts of the country would be able to maintain their facilities.

In a memo included in the report, the corps officials state Exelis was not performing sufficient quality control on the services it was contracted to supply.

The full report is available here.
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