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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Alert Letter: Noncertified Fire Doors Installed in 25 MOI Buildings
Alert Letter: Noncertified Fire Doors Installed in 25 MOI Buildings Today, SIGAR published a letter that alerts DOD to a serious safety issue involving the installation of noncertified fire doors in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Hamid Karzai’s cousin had offshore company in Bahamas
Hamid Karzai’s cousin had offshore company in Bahamas By Umar Cheema September 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD:-When Ahmed Ratab Popal sat with Taliban’s ambassador to Islamabad Mollah Abdul Zaeef in October 2001 as… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Pass the SIGAR: cutting through the smoke of lessons learned in simplified contingency contracting operations.(Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction)
Pass the SIGAR: cutting through the smoke of lessons learned in simplified contingency contracting operations.(Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Canadian forces use of private security in Afghanistan: a consequence of national decisions.
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SIGAR Report Shows Electrifying Afghanistan is Power Struggle for the Ages
SIGAR Report Shows Electrifying Afghanistan is Power Struggle for the Ages 09/27/2016 By Rod Walton EL&P Senior Editor A battle wages at the original center of the War on Terror, one… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Security Co. Fights Doc Request In Blackwater FCA Row
Security Co. Fights Doc Request In Blackwater FCA Row By Michael Macagnone Law360, Washington (September 9, 2016, 1:53 PM EDT) — Blackwater successor Academi on Thursday pushed back on expanded discovery… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Lessons From the Coalition: International Experiences From the Afghanistan Reconstruction
Lessons From the Coalition: International Experiences From the Afghanistan Reconstruction Today, SIGAR’s Lessons Learned Program released a conference report entitled “Lessons From the Coalition.” The conference discussed was cohosted by USIP… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
US Army Fuel Smuggling Ring Likely Helped Fund The Taliban Insurgency
Daily Caller News Foundation US Army Fuel Smuggling Ring Likely Helped Fund The Taliban Insurgency Russ Read Pentagon/Foreign Policy Reporter 8:47 PM 09/18/2016 A member of the Taliban insurgent and other… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Review of Afghanistan’s High Office of Oversight
Review of Afghanistan’s High Office of Oversight Today, SIGAR’s Office of Special Projects released a report on Afghanistan’s High Office of Oversight. The report notes: — Persistence of high levels of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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How Corruption Defeated Afghan Reconstruction
War Is Boring We go to war so you don’t have to ‘The First Sting,’ by Stuart Brown. Donated to the CIA, the painting shows Afghan Mujaheddin using American… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading