Inquiry Letter: Afghan National Police (ANP) Patrol Boats

Abstract

I am writing to request information on a $3 million procurement of patrol boats for the AfghanNational Police (ANP) initiated by the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSCT-A)in 2010. My focus is on the operational requirements that initiated the procurement of the patrolboats for the ANP and the reasons for the cancellation nine months later. Additionally, I am alsointerested in the requirement for the U.S. government to pay for the storage and related expensesfor these boats for the last 3 years, boats that apparently have no planned use.In a memorandum of request (MOR) dated 12 October 2010 (enclosure I), CSTC-A requested that theU.S. Department of the Navy purchase eight rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs) for use by the ANPto patrol the Amu Darya river between Northern Afghanistan and Uzbekistan (see figures 1 and 2).According to the MOR, the total cost of the patrol boats, including spare parts and technicalassistance, would come to just over $3 million.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 2014
Accession Number
AD1140345

Entities

People

  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Boats
  • Cancellation
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Patrol Craft
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Spare Parts
  • Transitions
  • Watercraft

Readers

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  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting