Training Afghan soldiers exposes the US to a huge risk
By Paul Sperry
October 28, 2017
Washington is a factory for dumb ideas, but taking the cake may be a US-based military training program for Afghan soldiers that not only can’t keep track of enrollees — 152 of whom have gone AWOL — but can’t even get the Afghan army to use those who actually graduate and return home.
Of the 152 AWOL Afghan trainees, 70 have either fled the US, mostly to Canada, and 13 remain unaccounted for. ICE has deemed Afghan trainees who have gone AWOL “to be high-risk because they involve militarily trained individuals of a fighting age who have demonstrated a ‘flight risk.’ ”
Do any have terrorist ties or sympathies? We really have no idea. That’s because vetting of enrollees is “limited” and the “processes for selecting personnel for training appear flawed,” the report found.
The Afghan trainees, who are given diplomatic visas, undergo no in-person interview or fingerprinting before they are brought into the US. And Kabul “is not enforcing” a program to pre-screen candidates for security risks.
Oct 28 2017, 8:24 am ET
U.S. Service Member Dies After Afghanistan Helicopter Crash, Six Others Injured
by Alastair Jamieson
A U.S. service member died from injuries sustained after a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, military officials said Saturday, while six others were receiving medical treatment.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u...sh-six-n815271
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...8e4_story.html
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