Afghanistan Weekly Reader: Afghanistan Drawdown Will Cost Billions

Afghanistan Weekly Reader: Afghanistan Drawdown Will Cost

Afghanistan Weekly Reader: Afst Billions

Billions

From ASG
7/9/12
U.S. Commits to Billions in Afghanistan Aid

Afghanistan Study Group by Mary Kaszynski
The U.S. seems to be making a feeble attempt - very feeble; only in Afghanistan could $16 billion over four years be considered a cut - to stem the flow of aid dollars to Afghanistan. But what’s missing is an attempt to improve accountability in Afghanistan aid. ARTICLES
7/10/12
Afghan exit will cost U.S. billions, Pentagon's No. 2 says

USA Today by Tom Vanden Brook
Moving the mountain of U.S. military gear out of Afghanistan after more than a decade of war will cost billions of dollars and prove far more difficult than last year's withdrawal from Iraq. 7/7/12
Pentagon cuts $1 billion from funding for Afghanistan’s national security forces

The Hill's Defcon by Carlo Munoz
The Defense Department has decided to siphon off $1 billion from Pentagon accounts dedicated to building up Afghanistan's national security forces and shift those dollars to other military priorities. 7/11/12
Why Building Stuff in Afghanistan Costs So Much

Time's Battleland by Mark Thompson
Here’s part of the reason we’re spending so much money in Afghanistan. Just take a look at some of the pieces of a solicitation seeking a Swiss-Army-Knife complex to house a Ministry of Interior Supply Point, Fire Department, and Uniformed Police District Headquarters, in Nimroz province in the southwestern corner of the country. OPINION
7/11/12
Is corruption the cost of saving Afghanistan?

The Globe and Mail by Roland Paris
Why should we continue to provide billions of dollars to a regime and country where corruption is not just a problem but an integral part of the governing system?