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| Afghanistan |
| Officials Slammed for For Inability To Get Supplies To Troops |
| 2016-11-03 |
| Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday sharply criticized government departments for the late and non-delivery of fuel and supplies, including food, weapons and ammunition, to the Afghan security forces – many of whom are on the battlefields. He called for urgent action by the security institutions to address the problem. Ghani also raised deep concerns over a dramatic surge in fatalities among the conventional forces, and ordered security leaders to outline a new strategy to curb the rising trend. Ghani said that the high number of military casualties in the country is an enormous challenge and said that the seizing of government forces' equipment by armed opposition is not acceptable. The statement comes as embattled Afghan security forces have persistently complained about the lack of food, fuel and ammunition. In a new development, Afghan security forces fighting the Taliban in Uruzgan's Dehrawood and Charchenoi districts made similar complaints. Certain issues such as corruption and mismanagement by the responsible institutions undertaking the delivery of fuel and other logistics to forces have angered Ghani. There has been speculation among military commentators that issues such as corruption and mismanagement by the security institutions have been the main cause of the surge in fatalities and the spike in takeovers of check posts by the enemies. "I really felt shame when I heard that our security forces went for 15 or 20 days with only rice or bread. What are our intelligence services doing? People should call me or call the media. I want solutions to these complaints. It is not a request but an order and it must be implemented ... I will bring changes and the system has to be reformed," Ghani added. "This is not supposed to be a request, but an order and it needs to be implemented, I want change, the system must be reformed, these facilities were not supposed to be for stealing, because on the other side blood is shed," said Ghani. ‎ "I can not say that corruption was handled 100 percent, but there is a commitment to curb corruption, we recently reshuffled all those who were employed in the supply sector or accounts," said defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri. "Bullets, uniforms and other privileges are being stolen, this issue needs to be investigated and the trend must stop," said MP Sayed Hussain Sharifi Balkhabi. Military commentators believe that the timely delivery of supplies to security forces will help to reduce fatalities and secure check posts which are all too often seized by insurgents. |
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