{"id":31282,"date":"2017-09-26T16:22:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/26\/report-nearly-a-1-billion-worth-of-ammunition-may-have-been-wasted-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:51:27","slug":"report-nearly-a-1-billion-worth-of-ammunition-may-have-been-wasted-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/26\/report-nearly-a-1-billion-worth-of-ammunition-may-have-been-wasted-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Afghan forces lost $700 million in US ammo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. officials are not sure that $702 million spent on ammunition for Afghan forces from 2015 to 2016 was used for its intended purpose, according to a recent Defense Department inspector general\u2019s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout consistent, timely, and accurate reporting from the ministries, CSTC-A [Combined Security Transition Command \u2013 Afghanistan] cannot account for all ammunition consumed by the ANDSF [Afghan National Defense and Security Forces],\u201d the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodig.mil\/pubs\/report_summary.cfm?id=7568\">report<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main mission of the CSTC-A is to train Afghan institutions on effective management, oversight functions and rule of law. The unit\u2019s function is to train Afghan ministries on how to run cost effective and efficient management systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, according to the recent IG report, the unit failed in its own oversight functions and further refused to enforce punishments on Afghan government organizations that failed to live up to commitments made to the U.S. government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the unit claimed it was hampered by understaffing and security limitations, which prohibited the group from conducting physical inspections to validate ammunition reports below the corps and zone level in Afghanistan, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCSTC-A did not provide effective oversight of ammunition that was procured by the DoD and provided to the ANDSF,\u201d the report reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the CSTC-A failed in its responsibility to oversee commitment letters from various Afghan ministries. Commitment letters from the Afghan government are intended to ensure equipment and services provided to the Afghan government from the U.S. are used for their intended purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the IG report, \u201cCSTC-A only enforced one penalty\u201d on the Afghan government for its failure to abide by commitments despite that the unit found Afghan ministries failed to meet commitments on 36 of 55 assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials at the CSTC-A refused to carry out punishments because they were worried that it would impact Afghan readiness, according to the IG report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This appears to be a common theme in Afghanistan where corrupt ministries continue to plunder U.S. aid with near impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials have been hesitant to enforce strong conditions-based aid in fear of its potential impacts on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Sopko, the inspector general overseeing Afghan reconstruction, told a crowd at a think-tank event in Washington last week that conditions were so weak you could drive a Mack truck through them. 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