$88 billion and 20 years later, the Afghan security forces are still no match for the Taliban By Jeff Schogol / Mar 22, 2021
Most Afghan troops and police are ‘a hopeless nightmare and a disaster,’ special inspector general tells Congress By Jeff Schogol / Jan 15, 2020
US government officials are encouraged to lie about progress in Afghanistan, special inspector general says 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
Trump Says It’s ‘Insane’ That Watchdog Reports About Afghanistan Are Released To The Public By Christopher Woody, Business Insider / Jan 2, 2019
Afghanistan Leaders Are Still Corrupt As Hell, Unsurprising New Report Says By Jared Keller / Jun 6, 2018
The Pentagon Doesn’t Want You To Know Just How Well The Taliban Are Doing By Adam Linehan / Jan 30, 2018
This ‘New’ US Plan In Afghanistan Sure Sounds A Lot Like A Failed Strategy We Tried In Vietnam By Adam Weinstein / Nov 22, 2017
DoD Really Doesn’t Want You To Know How Terrible Afghanistan’s Security Forces Are By Jared Keller / Nov 2, 2017
Afghan Troops Are Going AWOL From US Training More Than Ever By Nafeesa Syeed, Bloomberg News / Oct 20, 2017
An Emboldened Taliban Nearly ‘Wiped Out’ An Entire Afghan Army Unit Using Lethal New Tactics By James Clark / Oct 19, 2017
Nobody Knows How Many Afghan Security Forces Really Exist, And The US Can’t Fix It By Sarah Sicard / Sep 26, 2017
The Afghan Military Just Got Its First Black Hawks. The Rest Can’t Come Soon Enough By James Clark / Sep 20, 2017