Security contractors in Afghanistan 'fund Taliban'
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The BBC reports on a senate Armed Services report, which highlights the negative affects of hiring private contractors in Afghanistan. The biggest criticism from the report, states private hires meant warlords connected with the Taliban were receiving funding.
President Hamid Karzai, criticised the use of private security companies in August, with the Democratic Senator Carl Levin saying it risked success in Afghanistan.
In addition to funding warlords, private security firms were seen a problem for hiring new recruits to the Afghan national army.
"The report paints a disturbing picture of how some of those hired have little training or experience in firing weapons, while other contractors are warlords with known links to the Taliban [...] The report also says that - by funding warlords with their own private militias - the US is undermining its declared aim of creating a more stable Afghanistan."-BBC
The private firms state when it comes to hiring security staff in Afghanistan they don't have a whole lot of choice from hiring nationals who work for warlords and someone imported from elsewhere who might get targeted. Senate blamed the Congress for going for the cheapest solution, which has caused these problems.
"The latest report follows July's Congressional inquiry, which said that trucking contractors paid tens of millions of dollars a year to local warlords for convoy protection."-BBC
President Hamid Karzai, criticised the use of private security companies in August, with the Democratic Senator Carl Levin saying it risked success in Afghanistan.
In addition to funding warlords, private security firms were seen a problem for hiring new recruits to the Afghan national army.
"The report paints a disturbing picture of how some of those hired have little training or experience in firing weapons, while other contractors are warlords with known links to the Taliban [...] The report also says that - by funding warlords with their own private militias - the US is undermining its declared aim of creating a more stable Afghanistan."-BBC
The private firms state when it comes to hiring security staff in Afghanistan they don't have a whole lot of choice from hiring nationals who work for warlords and someone imported from elsewhere who might get targeted. Senate blamed the Congress for going for the cheapest solution, which has caused these problems.
"The latest report follows July's Congressional inquiry, which said that trucking contractors paid tens of millions of dollars a year to local warlords for convoy protection."-BBC
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