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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Terrorists Buying American Weapons From U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Afghan Soldiers |
| 2017-01-13 |
| [FREEBEACON] Terrorist bully boyz affiliated with the Taliban in Afghanistan have been purchasing U.S.-supplied weapons and ammunition from Afghan army and police forces, which receive their funding from American taxpayers, according to a new government report. The disclosure comes amid an increase in violence in the war-torn country, where the Taliban continues to grow and regain territory once held by U.S.-allied Afghan forces. Just 63 percent of Afghanistan is under allied control, despite a four-billion dollar investment from the United States in 2016. With the country facing some of the highest levels of corruption worldwide, U.S. government inspectors have discovered evidence that the U.S.-funded Afghan cops are selling their American-supplied weapons to Taliban terrorists. These U.S.-aligned security forces also have been stealing American-bought fuel and selling it to Afghan Lion of Islams, according to new findings by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR. "The theft of fuel not only robs U.S. taxpayers and damages the reconstruction effort, but stolen fuel and profits from selling it can wind up in the hands of Lion of Islams," according to a new SIGAR report authored to inform the new Congress and incoming Trump administration. "SIGAR has been told that a high percentage of fuel has been stolen and that Taliban capos give instructions to their forces to buy weapons, ammunition, and fuel from the Afghan army and police," inspectors found. "A significant portion--perhaps as much as half--of U.S. purchased fuel is siphoned off at various stages of this compromised system, wasting U.S. taxpayer dollars and handicapping Afghan cops," according to SIGAR. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Time for us to leave. So far nothing real has been accomplished, except to show that we're gullible! If we're going to fight a war, let's fight a real war, this "winning minds and hearts" thing is apparently a total failure! |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-01-13 09:10 |