The US military has failed to keep track of thousands of weapons shipped to Afghanistan, leaving them vulnerable to being lost or stolen, a report says. The report has been compiled by congressional auditors, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). It found that, in the four years up to June 2008, the US military failed [...]
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The Pentagon Admits Losing Track of Weaponry Shipped to Afghanistan
Posted: 12th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in PoliticsTags: afghanistan, army, military, pentagon, report, track, weapon
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Afghanistan Will be a Much Tougher Mission
than Iraq
Posted: 8th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in PoliticsTags: afghanistan, army, government, Iraq, terrorism, tough, U.S., war
US President Barack Obama’s envoy to Afghanistan has said that winning the conflict there will be “much tougher” than in Iraq. Richard Holbrooke told a conference in Munich: “I have never seen anything like the mess we have inherited.” He warned Afghanistan was likely to get harder before things improved and called for a future [...]