Lapses in Weapons Accountability

American Daily Review ^ | 03/09/2009 | Jim Kouri

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During fiscal years 2002 through 2008, the United States spent approximately $16.5 billion to train and equip the Afghan army and police forces in order to transfer responsibility for the security of Afghanistan from the international community to the Afghan government, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police’s Firearms Committee.

The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) in Kabul, which is a joint service, coalition organization under the command and control of Defense’s U.S. Central Command is primarily responsible for training and equipping ANSF. As part of that responsibility, CSTC-A receives and stores weapons provided by the United States and other international donors and distributes them to ANSF units. In addition, CSTC-A is responsible for monitoring the use of U.S.-procured weapons and other sensitive equipment.

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[ADReditor]

Jim Kouri reports on the GAO findings regarding missing weapons in Afghanistan and what the results might be on our troops and asks how the report information might be misused at home.

[Frantzie]

What a waste. Protecting the borders and keeping people from that part of the world out of the USA is much cheaper than fighting a war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan will always be a tribal country where allegiances change on a daily basis. The Iraqis might be able to build a democracy but Afghanistan will never change.

[flowerplough]

Afghans and accountability - one or the other, but never both. Simply impossible.