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Pentagon to drastically cut spending on Afghan forces

Publié par Clifford Armion le 13/09/2011

David S. Cloud

"Reporting from Washington The Pentagon is planning to slash U.S. assistance to Afghanistan's army and police by more than half over the next three years, settling for a no-frills Afghan security force to battle the Taliban-led insurgency after American forces pull out. "Training and equipping Afghans to take over security has been key to the Obama administration strategy to withdraw all U.S. combat troops by the end of 2014. But the White House increasingly views high spending on the beleaguered Afghan military as unsustainable and has pressured the Pentagon for steeper cuts than previously planned. "The new approach, including reduced spending on such equipment as air conditioning and car radios, would provide for a "good enough" Afghan force to combat an entrenched insurgency that has survived nearly a decade of U.S.-led firepower, White House officials privately say." Read on...
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"Pentagon to drastically cut spending on Afghan forces", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), septembre 2011. Consulté le 19/03/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/pentagon-to-drastically-cut-spending-on-afghan-forces