Wednesday 21 June 2017

Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says

Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says

The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the past decade buying uniforms for the Afghan army with a woodland camouflage pattern appropriate for a tiny fraction of that war-torn country, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The Afghan Defense Minister picked the pricey, privately owned "forest" color pattern over free camouflage schemes owned by the U.S. government, according to an advance copy of the report due out on Wednesday.
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