The U.S. military failed to properly train, advise, assist, and equip the Afghan military, according to the Pentagon’s watchdog.
This assessment comes as watchdog representatives from the Defense Department, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) testified before the House Oversight Committee on April 19 about the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
According to Defense Department Inspector General Robert Storch, who testified before the committee, the U.S. military let down the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in multiple ways. These remarks were from his written statement to the committee….
US Military Failed in Training, Advising, Equipping Afghan Forces: Pentagon Watchdog
