Afghanistan Security: Lack of Systematic Tracking Raises Significant Accountability Concerns about Weapons Provided to Afghan National Security Forces

Abstract

The Department of Defense (Defense), through its Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan (CSTC-A) and with the Department of State (State), directs international efforts to train and equip Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). As part of these efforts, the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) and the Navy spent about $120 million to procure small arms and light weapons for ANSF. International donors also provided weapons. GAO analyzed whether Defense can account for these weapons and ensure ANSF can safeguard and account for them. GAO reviewed Defense and State documents on accountability procedures, reviewed contractor reports on ANSF training, met with U.S. and Afghan officials, observed accountability practices, analyzed inventory records, and attempted to locate a random sample of weapons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1180238

Entities

People

  • Charles M. Jr Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Grenade Launchers
  • Inventory
  • Logistics
  • Machine Guns
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Night Vision
  • Night Vision Devices
  • Physical Security
  • Procurement
  • Small Arms
  • Supply Chain
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies