Report: Warning of Afghan Air Force Collapse Issued Months Before U.S. PulloutNathaniel Charles 18 Jan 2022
A military watchdog warned the U.S. Department of Defense that pulling out of Afghanistan would decimate the local domestic air force – a full seven months before Joe Biden ordered the exit.
In January 2021, John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), warned that Afghanistan’s Air force would no longer function if the U.S. pulled out of the nation, AP reports.
Sopko’s report has just been declassified – five months after the Taliban take over – declaring the U.S. had not trained the Afghani Air force on how to maintain their aircraft leaving them dependent on American military contractors. The report stated this was a factor in allowing the Taliban to seize control of the nation in just 11 days.
The inspector general’s office informed AP on Monday the 17th of January 2022 that it is unusual for reports to remain classified by the Pentagon for more than two months, and they are unaware as to why the Department of Defense had not released this report earlier.
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