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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 1, 2018
In October 2017, insurgents controlled or influenced nearly half of Afghanistan's districts, the U.S. government's office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in January. It remained unclear how polling would be held in the contested areas and whether Afghans lacking identityÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 27, 2018
... in order to ensure the safety of people in Afghanistan,” Baloch told TOLOnews. Officials at CSTC-A also faced scrutiny last year when John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, uncovered $28 million USD of wasteful spending on Afghan National Army uniforms in a decade.
Stars and Stripes
March 26, 2018
Officials in the command also faced scrutiny last year when John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, uncovered some $28 million of wasteful spending on Afghan National Army uniforms in a decade. Dickstein.corey@stripes.com. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC. DODIG 2018 090.
TRT World
March 23, 2018
In October, the Taliban controlled or influenced nearly half of Afghanistan's districts – double the percentage in 2015, the US government's office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in January. Over the same period, the watchdog said, the number of districts under AfghanÃâà...
Lexington Herald Leader
March 22, 2018
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in its report late Thursday that about 15,400 Afghan soldiers did not have their blood type tested before entering the army and the method of identifying the blood type of thousands more was suspect. The data on recruits from betweenÃâà...
The Tribune
March 9, 2018
US diplomat for South and Central Asia, Alice Wells, was speaking to a Washington audience. Thinkstock. Washington, March 10. India has played a responsible role in the economic development of Afghanistan, the Trump administration said noting that the trilateral India-Afghan-US cooperation is notÃâà...
Inside Defense
March 8, 2018
The Defense Department has lifted restrictions on the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction publishing data on Taliban control over local populations, and SIGAR subsequently released a document showing insurgent control has reached a record high. Late last month, SIGAR quietlyÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 24, 2018
UNAMA provides 'good offices' and other key services, including diplomatic steps that draw on the organization's independence, impartiality and integrity to prevent disputes from arising, escalating or spreading. The Mission coordinates international support for Afghan development and humanitarianÃâà...
The National Interest Online
February 22, 2018
This month, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released its 38th Quarterly Report to Congress. The news was bad. Without immediate and major changes in the administration's Afghan strategy, Trump will merely be the third consecutive president to preside over a failed warÃâà...
The Nation
February 22, 2018
According to Tolo News, While Afghanistan prepares for the start of construction of the Afghanistan section of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline in Herat province, economic commentators on Wednesday welcomed the project and said it was a milestone in the country's economicÃâà...
Traer Star-Clipper
February 8, 2018
The audit, conducted by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the watchdog agency tasked with oversight of Afghanistan reconstruction operations, reveals disturbing evidence of waste, potential fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. The catalyst for the audit, which I calledÃâà...
Secrecy News (blog)
February 7, 2018
The categories of now-classified information were tabulated in a memo dated October 31, 2017 that was prepared by the staff of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko. In the judgment of the memo authors, “None of the material now classified or otherwiseÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 6, 2018
The secretary also responded to criticism from the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, which in its latest report released last week said the Defense Department had instructed the congressionally mandated watchdog "not to release to the public data on the number of districts, and theÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
December 31, 1999
(MENAFN - Daily Outlook Afghanistan) KABUL - The Afghan Ministry of Defense rejects the report, saying that 'it is impossible to deploy troops to their missions without determining their blood type. The Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its recent report has said that manyÃâà...
TRT World
December 31, 1999
In October, the Taliban controlled or influenced nearly half of Afghanistan's districts – double the percentage in 2015, the US government's office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in January. Over the same period, the watchdog said, the number of districts under AfghanÃâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
The IG shop I have had the honor to lead for the past six years has issued more than 300 reports on the $122 billion Afghanistan reconstruction effort. Among our many findings have been a taxpayer-funded building so poorly constructed its walls literally melted in the rain, and nearly half a billion dollarsÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
The Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its recent report has said that many wounded Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel lose their lives due to wrong blood type injections. The report highlights blood collection and screening procedure in the ANA emphasizing thatÃâà...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China supports all efforts that contribute to the peaceful reconstruction and national reconciliation of Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Friday. Hua made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a question about China's expectationsÃâà...
The News Tribune
December 31, 1999
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in its report late Thursday that about 15,400 Afghan soldiers did not have their blood type tested before entering the army and the method of identifying the blood type of thousands more was suspect. The data on recruits from betweenÃâà...
Dorchester Reporter
December 31, 1999
Following her diplomatic and broadcast experiences, Burgess worked as a consultant on Afghan reconstruction issues at the Department of Defense. She also founded the consulting firm Burgess Belgrave, LLC, providing international strategic planning, communications, and marketing consultancy to theÃâà...
Economic Times
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for doing too little, too late to stop terror funding, regional alliances are shifting and analysts ponder whether a cozier relationship with countries like Russia will complicate efforts toÃâà...
