Biden says ‘buck stops with me’ after blaming Afghan military for country’s downfall By Haley Britzky / Aug 17, 2021
Afghan forces that supposedly ‘have the capacity’ to defend their country still rely on US airstrikes By Jeff Schogol / Jul 24, 2021
$88 billion and 20 years later, the Afghan security forces are still no match for the Taliban By Jeff Schogol / Mar 22, 2021
The US still doesn’t know how many Afghan security forces actually exist, surprising no one By Jared Keller / Aug 3, 2020
Pompeo’s promise to slash Afghan military funding ‘immediately’ still hasn’t happened By Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali, Reuters / May 20, 2020
Planned $1 billion cut in US aid would come from Pentagon fund for Afghan security forces By Reuters Staff / Apr 5, 2020
Taliban may have free reign to attack Afghan troops and police under peace deal with US By Jeff Schogol / Mar 5, 2020
Afghan security forces averaged one insider attack every 4 days in the closing months of 2019, new data shows By Jared Keller / Feb 3, 2020
Afghan forces launch air and ground attacks on the Taliban, killing 51 By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Reuters / Jan 26, 2020
Most Afghan troops and police are ‘a hopeless nightmare and a disaster,’ special inspector general tells Congress By Jeff Schogol / Jan 15, 2020
Afghanistan’s security forces lost 42,000 troops in the last year in a crackdown on ‘ghost soldiers’ By Idrees Ali, Reuters / Aug 1, 2019
The Taliban wiped out dozens of Afghanistan’s most elite commandos By RFE/RL'S Radio Free Afghanistan / Jul 17, 2019
Afghan security forces and civilians suffer their deadliest week of 2019 By Haley Britzky / Jul 5, 2019
Afghan security forces robbed and terrorized US-funded support staff to the tune of $780K By Jared Keller / Mar 18, 2019