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Inspector General Report:
Townhall.com ^ | July 28, 2014 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 07/28/2014 1:09:37 PM PDT by Kaslin

In more good news coming out of the Middle East today, hundreds of thousands of weapons given to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) by the United States, including machine guns, are missing.

According to a report issued earlier this month from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) titled Afghan National Security Forces: Actions Needed to Improve Weapons Accountability, nearly half of weapons issued are unaccounted for.

"Controls over the accountability of small arms provided to the ANSF are insufficient both before and after the weapons are transferred. Accountability over these weapons within DOD prior to their transfer to Afghan ownership is affected by incompatible inventory systems that have missing serial numbers, inaccurate shipping and receiving dates, and duplicate records, that may result in missing weapons prior to transfer to the ANSF," the report states. "However, the problems are far more severe after the weapons are transferred to the ANSF. ANSF record-keeping and inventory processes are poor and, in many cases, we were unable to conduct even basic inventory testing at the ANSF facilities we visited. Although CSTC-A has established end use monitoring procedures, the lack of adherence to these procedures, along with the lack of reliable weapons inventories, limits monitoring of weapons under Afghan control and reduces the ability to identify missing and unaccounted for weapons that could be used by insurgents to harm U.S., coalition, and ANSF personnel."

Through corruption and bad accounting practices, these weapons more than likely in the wrong, violent hands of terrorists.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; guns
The rest of the title is: Hundreds of Thousands of Machine Guns, Rifles Given to Afghani Security Forces Are Missing
1 posted on 07/28/2014 1:09:37 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Massive fishing boat accident?


2 posted on 07/28/2014 1:11:02 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kaslin

They’re not missing.......they KNOW WHERE THEY ARE...............


3 posted on 07/28/2014 1:11:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Kaslin

At least the Taliban should send a thank you note to Obama.


4 posted on 07/28/2014 1:11:51 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Kartographer

In a land-locked country, no less!.................


5 posted on 07/28/2014 1:12:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Kaslin

Bush should have nuked them.


6 posted on 07/28/2014 1:18:12 PM PDT by IC Ken
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To: Kaslin
maybe all those weapons are now in the same place the $2.3 trillion that went missing from the Pentagon.

Slaughter houses usually have a lead animal wearing a bell so the rest of the animals can hear it and follow the sound to the kill floor. Obozo’s bell needs to be removed.

7 posted on 07/28/2014 1:23:17 PM PDT by drypowder
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