Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Phase III-Accountability for Weapons Distributed to the Afghanistan National Army

Abstract

We reviewed records for 16,056 weapons in storage at Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Depot 1, and conducted a physical count of 11,134 weapons valued at $6.8 million to determine whether the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) correctly accounted for ANA weapons purchased with the Afghanistan Security Forces (ASF) Fund. We also determined whether CSTC-A properly transferred ownership of the weapons to the ASF. We identified material internal control weaknesses in accounting for weapons provided to the ANA. CSTC-A did not have a formal process in place to transfer weapons to the ANA. In addition, CSTC-A was unable to account for weapons, including weapons purchased with the ASF Fund. CSTC-A records did not list all weapons by serial number, and accountability systems used at ANA Depot 1 had significant data integrity problems. The CSTC-A Logistics Office has implemented corrective action to address these problems. In addition, we identified material internal control weaknesses in the safeguarding of ANA weapons. Security at ammunition supply points built with ASF funds in Gardez, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif was not in compliance with the DoD guidance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2009
Accession Number
ADA499696

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  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

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  • Afghanistan
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