Special investigator urges DOD to draw up 'mitigation strategies' for developing Afghan Air Force

By Justin Doubleday / September 21, 2017 at 4:55 PM
The Defense Department needs to learn from past failures and put mitigation strategies in place as it prepares to ramp up the development of the fledgling Afghan Air Force, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. In a sweeping report on lessons learned over the last 16 years of war and reconstruction in Afghanistan, SIGAR makes multiple recommendations to DOD on how it can improve security assistance to Kabul as the Pentagon prepares to send thousands more troops...

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