Afghanistan: After $6 Billion, Where's a Cop When You Need One?

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Source: ABC News


New GAO Report Says Not One Fully Capable Police Unit in Afghanistan After US Money and Effort


Despite a $6 billion U.S. effort to recruit and train police in Afghanistan, the country's national police force does not currently have a single unit that is "fully capable" of carrying out its mission, according to a new government report.

In fact, three-quarters of all Afghan police units were totally incapable of carrying out their mission, the report by the Government Accountability Office said; only three percent were judged to be capable, with help, of doing their jobs.

"Nearly seven years after the invasion of Afghanistan, I don't think anyone can take a whole lot of pride in the answer to the question, 'how are we doing,'" said Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., at a hearing on the topic Wednesday before his panel on oversight of national security and foreign affairs.

While Defense Department reports reviewed by GAO said the ranks of Afghan police had grown from 35,000 in 2005 to nearly 80,000 today, they also suggested those figures leave room for accuracy.

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1. So - where DID that $6 billion go? Where is the fucking accountability?

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2. "But on the bright side, poppy & heroin profits are way UP. Smirk." - Commander AWOL

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3. Failure is the new success.

That money comes right out of our pockets and into the corporations that are running the "war."

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4. Bush and Condi competency -- heckova job with tax payer money, Repub

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5. Canadian forces helped an Afghan force against a Taliban uprising yesterday

They were pleased that less ran away than usual.