The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Quarterly Report to Congress dated 30 October 2017 has been published. It appears that some significant information that used to be in previous reports is no longer available. Some of the missing information includes key figures about the growth and progress of local security forces.
Of note is the diminishing numbers of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). In 2017 the Afghan National Army (ANA) shrank by 5,000 troops while the Afghan National Police (ANP) suffered a net loss of 4,000. The decrease in numbers was attributed to combat casualties, defections to the Taliban, and desertions.
'Green on Green' attacks are up since January 2015.
News stories on the SIGAR report:
October 2017 SIGAR Report, SOF News, October 31, 2017
"Afghanistan Stares Down the Barrel of the Long Defeat", The Diplomat, November 4, 2017.
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