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The United States is bolstering its presence in Afghanistan with a 500 million dollar expansion of its Kabul embassy and the construction of two consulates
Hundreds have arrived over the course of this year as part of a "civilian surge" bringing development experts into the country to compliment the military effort already in its 10th year.
Another two contracts, worth 20 million dollars each, have been awarded for the construction of consulates in Herat, the main city in western Afghanis
A new report from the State Department Inspector General's Office found that a private security firm in Afghanistan hired more than 400 Nepalese nationals
The Nepalese nationals were hired by ArmorGroup with no background investigations. They had little or no training, spoke little English and many had little or no skill with firearms. In addition, ArmorGroup did not supply the guards with weapons as dictated by the contract for more than two years. An estimated 101 U.S. weapons are unaccounted or missing, costing the government $431,000, according to the report.
Originally posted by marg6043
with all the trillions that the government already had dumped into bailing out the economy? it sounds like pennies to me
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Wow.. so how has this been going so far?
Well...
A new report from the State Department Inspector General's Office found that a private security firm in Afghanistan hired more than 400 Nepalese nationals
The Nepalese nationals were hired by ArmorGroup with no background investigations. They had little or no training, spoke little English and many had little or no skill with firearms. In addition, ArmorGroup did not supply the guards with weapons as dictated by the contract for more than two years. An estimated 101 U.S. weapons are unaccounted or missing, costing the government $431,000, according to the report.
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ArmorGroup is not the one chosen though, it is Caddell Construction who got the bid.
Still though, is it worth it?
Is 500Mil worth it?
They say they need to help the country but the extremely large majority of the population hates it that there's a massive "embassy" there with 90% miiltary officers.
Thoughts?
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Originally posted by ModernAcademia
They say they need to help the country but the extremely large majority of the population hates it that there's a massive "embassy" there with 90% miiltary officers.
Thoughts?
Originally posted by marg6043
Only 500 millions? with all the trillions that the government already had dumped into bailing out the economy? it sounds like pennies to me, truly I got the impression that the embassy was running in the billions.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
They say they need to help the country but the extremely large majority of the population hates it that there's a massive "embassy" there with 90% miiltary officers.
Thoughts?
Still...
The vast Majority also doesn't want the Taliban [With their twisted version or Islam] back in power either.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Is 500Mil worth it?
Thoughts?
Originally posted by wcitizen
reply to post by SLAYER69
Do you think the Afghan people believe that justifies the US raising their country to the ground and killing hundreds of thousands of their innocents?
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by wcitizen
reply to post by SLAYER69
Do you think the Afghan people believe that justifies the US raising their country to the ground and killing hundreds of thousands of their innocents?
Prove that the US has killed hundreds of thousands of Afghans
Then we'll talk.
At least five Afghan civilians have been killed in an attack by Taliban militants in Southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Wednesday. According to a communique, the militants actually intended to target Nato troops but ended up attacking innocent civilians.
KABUL — Taliban suicide bombings and other attacks caused Afghan civilian deaths to soar last year to the highest annual level of the war, a U.N. report found Wednesday, while deaths attributed to allied troops dropped nearly 30 percent. Many Afghans now blame the violence on the Taliban rather than foreign forces.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's civilian casualties in 2009 rose 14 percent from the previous year, with the Taliban responsible for most of the deaths, a U.N. report said. The "vast majority" of the deaths were caused by Taliban attacks, says the report by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
The Taliban and their allies were responsible for 68 percent of the at least 1,325 civilian deaths recorded by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the organization said in a report. Twenty-three percent were ascribed to NATO or Afghan government forces.