updated Mon. March 11, 2024
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Task & Purpose
August 1, 2017
Which, well, fuck. DoD spent $94 million on woodland camouflage uniforms for local forces in a country that's only 2.1% forests — a decision that a June SIGAR report says resulted from then-Afghanistan Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak picking a random uniform he liked off a website, which is justÃÂ ...
VICE News
July 25, 2017
It said the forest pattern was chosen after Abdul Rahim Wardak, Afghanistan's minister of defense at the time, discovered the pattern when browsing online in 2007. By indulging his preference, the Pentagon spent millions unnecessarily licensing the proprietary forest pattern rather than using a desertÃÂ ...
NavyTimes.com
June 27, 2017
Instead, the HyperStealth Spec4ce Forest camouflage was picked seemingly on the whim of then-Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. He found the pattern while Internet surfing. Not mincing words, Inspector General John Sopko told USA Today the decision was "just simply stupid." Not only anÃÂ ...
Military Times
June 26, 2017
Instead, the HyperStealth Spec4ce Forest camouflage was picked seemingly on the whim of then-Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. He found the pattern while Internet surfing. Not mincing words, Inspector General John Sopko told USA Today the decision was "just simply stupid." Not only anÃÂ ...
Newsweek
June 21, 2017
... the Afghan environment,” the Inspector General's office said in a statement. “In 2007, responsible DOD officials stated that they 'ran across [HyperStealth's] web site and the Minister [then Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak] liked what he saw. He liked the woodland, urban, and temperate patterns.'”.
New York Times
June 21, 2017
The United States spent up to $28 million more than it had to on camouflage uniforms for the Afghan National Army because of the sartorial tastes of a single Afghan official, an American government watchdog said on Wednesday. A report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan ReconstructionÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
May 11, 2017
He was once the head of the office of former defense minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. Gen. Saboor, a former intelligence officer for the Afghan Air Force is yet another mansion-owner, as is ex-army chief Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem who has a big orchard in a suburb of Kabul city. Shah Aqa Haidari, the former head of theÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
May 11, 2017
He was once the head of the office of former defense minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. Gen. Saboor, a former intelligence officer for the Afghan Air Force is yet another mansion-owner, as is ex-army chief Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem who has a big orchard in a suburb of Kabul city. Shah Aqa Haidari, the former head of theÃÂ ...
Khaama Press
March 16, 2014
Afghan presidential candidate Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak formally announced his withdrawal from the upcoming presidential election. Wardak said Sunday that he withdraws from the presidential election in favor of no other candidate. This comes as president Karzai's elder brother Qayum Karzai quit to runÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
August 1, 2017
... resulted from then-Afghanistan Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak picking a random uniform he liked off a website, which is just awful.
Washington Examiner
July 25, 2017
The report, from the Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction, said former Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak "ran ...
STLtoday.com
July 9, 2017
The Pentagon allowed Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak to have the final say on U.S.-supplied uniforms for his troops. Wardak ...
Newsweek
June 21, 2017
... the Afghan environment,” the Inspector General's office said in a statement. “In 2007, responsible DOD officials stated that they 'ran across [HyperStealth's] web site and the Minister [then Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak] liked what he saw. He liked the woodland, urban, and temperate patterns.'”.
New York Times
June 21, 2017
Abdul Rahim Wardak, then the minister of defense, discovered the camouflage pattern the Pentagon eventually purchased while browsing ...
TOLOnews
May 11, 2017
He was once the head of the office of former defense minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. Gen. Saboor, a former intelligence officer for the Afghan Air Force is yet ...
Khaama Press
March 16, 2014
Afghan presidential candidate Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak formally announced his withdrawal from the upcoming presidential election. Wardak said Sunday that he withdraws from the presidential election in favor of no other candidate. This comes as president Karzai's elder brother Qayum Karzai quit to runÃÂ ...
Khaama Press
March 16, 2014
Abdul Rahim Wardak is the former defense minister of Afghanistan. He was the senior defense advisor to Afghan president Hamid Karzai ...
Macleans.ca
August 22, 2017
DOD officials presented a range of options to Abdul Rahim Wardak, the Afghan defence minister at the time, who chose one of Cramer'sÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
August 1, 2017
... resulted from then-Afghanistan Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak picking a random uniform he liked off a website, which is just awful.
NavyTimes.com
July 26, 2017
... the HyperStealth Spec4ce Forest camouflage was picked seemingly on the whim of then-Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak.
NavyTimes.com
July 26, 2017
... the HyperStealth Spec4ce Forest camouflage was picked seemingly on the whim of then-Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak.
Washington Examiner
July 25, 2017
The report, from the Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction, said former Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak "ranÃÂ ...
STLtoday.com
July 9, 2017
The Pentagon allowed Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak to have the final say on U.S.-supplied uniforms for his troops. WardakÃÂ ...
New York Times
June 21, 2017
Abdul Rahim Wardak, then the minister of defense, discovered the camouflage pattern the Pentagon eventually purchased while browsingÃÂ ...
Yahoo News
June 21, 2017
... design and showed these to Afghanistan's then defense minister, Abdul Rahim Wardak, the SIGAR report said, citing Pentagon officials.
teleSUR English
June 21, 2017
The multimillion-dollar mistake occurred when Rahim Wardak was browsing the internet and “ran across” an intriguing camouflage pattern.
Newsweek
June 21, 2017
... stated that they 'ran across [HyperStealth's] web site and the Minister [then Minister of Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak] liked what he saw.
TOLOnews
May 11, 2017
He was once the head of the office of former defense minister Abdul Rahim Wardak. Gen. Saboor, a former intelligence officer for the Afghan Air Force is yetÃÂ ...
TOLOnews
March 8, 2017
"Sometimes, intentionally or unintentionally, we have been used a as a tool for evil plans of enemies of religion and the country," said Abdul Rahim Wardak, former minister of defense. "We have good memories from the late marshal. He was thinking about ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
February 19, 2016
Some of the powerful figures voicing their support for such drastic measures included former Soviet occupation-era mujahideen leaders Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, Bismullah Mohammadi, Abdul Rahim Wardak, Mohammad Yunus Qanuni, Abdul HadiÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
January 16, 2016
Former Afghan Defense Minister Rahim Wardak said the coalition was too eager to end its war and that the administration of then-President Hamid Karzai pushed too hard for foreign troops to leave and give Afghans a chance to secure their own countryÃÂ ...
