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TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan A massive hunt is on for tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers that the U.S. government procured for the Afghan National Police but are unaccounted for, according to the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan.
There have been discrepancies in the number of weapons the Afghans say they have and the number of weapons issued, U.S. Air Force Maj. Lindsay Logsdon, a public affairs officer with NTM-A, said in an e-mail Wednesday.
According to Logsdon, the Department of Defense procured more than 72,400 AK-47s, as well as heavy machine guns and RPG launchers for Afghan police. Coalition forces are attempting to track exactly where the weapons are amid allegations by the military and others that some police weapons may have ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
Logsdon did not provide details on how many weapons have been tracked. She said there are weapons and equipment shortages at Afghan police units all over the country, but that the extent of the problem is unclear.
A bottom-up inventory needs to be completed before NTM-A logistics personnel in conjunction with the [International Security Assistance Force Joint Command], will know the exact needs of each unit, she said.
The number of weapons supposed to be in Afghan police hands is based on tashkils, or manning and equipment documents from the Afghan government. According to recent figures there are 109,000 Afghan police, each of whom is supposed to be issued an AK-47 rifle.
However, in Kandahar provinces Shah Wali Kot District, U.S. soldiers working with Afghan police say basic equipment shortages are crippling local lawmen.
Link:U.S. trying to track missing weapons issued to Afghan police
Thousands of US heavy weapons missing in Afghanistan
IslamabadAt least 72,400 U.S. supplied AK-47s, hundreds of heavy machine guns and RPG launchers delivered to Afghan police have gone missing.
There are fears that some of the missing weapons of Afghan Police and security forces might have ended up in the hands of the Taliban while several thousand may have been intentionally smuggled into Pakistan for promoting terrorism.
The U.S. military newspaper Start and Stripes quoted NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan as saying that a massive hunt is on for tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers that the U.S. government procured for the Afghan National Police but are unaccounted for.
According to Logsdon, the U.S. Department of Defence procured more than 72,400 AK-47s, as well as heavy machine guns and RPG launchers for Afghan police. Coalition forces are attempting to track exactly where the weapons are amid allegations by the military and others that some police weapons may have ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
Security experts fear that there was a grand mafia working in Afghanistan with the help of Indian intelligence and transporting arms and drugs into Pakistan as well as into some Central Asian states.
Experts say that recent reports have confirmed delivery of fresh weapons to terrorists of Tehreek-i-Taliban to launch new terrorist actions and attacks inside Pakistan. It is important to note that during recent weeks there have been more than eight terrorist actions launched by foreign-backed terrorists inside Pakistan.
Pakistan recently complained to Western states about support provided to anti-Pakistan terrorists networks in Afghanistan but NATO officials were reluctant to take necessary action to curb infiltration from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
Link: Thousands of US heavy weapons missing in Afghanistan
There have been discrepancies in the number of weapons the Afghans say they have and the number of weapons issued, U.S. Air Force Maj. Lindsay Logsdon, a public affairs officer with NTM-A, said in an e-mail Wednesday.
According to Logsdon, the Department of Defense procured more than 72,400 AK-47s, as well as heavy machine guns and RPG launchers for Afghan police. Coalition forces are attempting to track exactly where the weapons are amid allegations by the military and others that some police weapons may have ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
Logsdon did not provide details on how many weapons have been tracked. She said there are weapons and equipment shortages at Afghan police units all over the country, but that the extent of the problem is unclear.
A bottom-up inventory needs to be completed before NTM-A logistics personnel in conjunction with the [International Security Assistance Force Joint Command], will know the exact needs of each unit, she said.
The number of weapons supposed to be in Afghan police hands is based on tashkils, or manning and equipment documents from the Afghan government. According to recent figures there are 109,000 Afghan police, each of whom is supposed to be issued an AK-47 rifle.
However, in Kandahar provinces Shah Wali Kot District, U.S. soldiers working with Afghan police say basic equipment shortages are crippling local lawmen.
Link:U.S. trying to track missing weapons issued to Afghan police
Thousands of US heavy weapons missing in Afghanistan
IslamabadAt least 72,400 U.S. supplied AK-47s, hundreds of heavy machine guns and RPG launchers delivered to Afghan police have gone missing.
There are fears that some of the missing weapons of Afghan Police and security forces might have ended up in the hands of the Taliban while several thousand may have been intentionally smuggled into Pakistan for promoting terrorism.
The U.S. military newspaper Start and Stripes quoted NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan as saying that a massive hunt is on for tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers that the U.S. government procured for the Afghan National Police but are unaccounted for.
According to Logsdon, the U.S. Department of Defence procured more than 72,400 AK-47s, as well as heavy machine guns and RPG launchers for Afghan police. Coalition forces are attempting to track exactly where the weapons are amid allegations by the military and others that some police weapons may have ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
Security experts fear that there was a grand mafia working in Afghanistan with the help of Indian intelligence and transporting arms and drugs into Pakistan as well as into some Central Asian states.
Experts say that recent reports have confirmed delivery of fresh weapons to terrorists of Tehreek-i-Taliban to launch new terrorist actions and attacks inside Pakistan. It is important to note that during recent weeks there have been more than eight terrorist actions launched by foreign-backed terrorists inside Pakistan.
Pakistan recently complained to Western states about support provided to anti-Pakistan terrorists networks in Afghanistan but NATO officials were reluctant to take necessary action to curb infiltration from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
Link: Thousands of US heavy weapons missing in Afghanistan
