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| Afghanistan |
| Details Of The Native Guards/ Taliban Problem |
| 2010-10-12 |
The U.S. militarys bases in Afghanistan are frequently guarded by Afghans who pay kickbacks to warlords — and even aid the Taliban. Thats what the Senate Armed Services Committee found after a year-long investigation into 125 contracts held by private security firms in Afghanistan. In a report released today (.pdf), the committee discovered that the firms rely on “warlords and strongmen” to supply them with security guards for protecting U.S. military bases, some of whom kill one another and moonlight as insurgents attacking U.S. troops. And the Defense Department barely vets the security companies it hires. At least one of those companies just won another contract with the State Department — to protect the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. |
| Posted by:Sherry |