The Afghan Army Is Disappearing

Gary Owen, Vice News: The Real Reason the US Military Was So Secretive About Afghanistan

WNU Editor: This is the "money quote" ....

.... Campbell doesn't care if people know how much America spent on literacy training, or how many planes are in the Afghan air force. What he cares about is people knowing that the army that's supposedly taking over for the US is disappearing. It's impossible for the ANA to miss troop strength goals this badly and survive.

In short .... the Afghan Army cannot make up the soldiers that it is losing through combat and the usual attrition. If this is true ....it is only a matter of time before this shortfall in troops will reach the breaking point, and someone will need to step in .... which in this case I can only presume will be the U.S..

Hat Tip to reader Jay for providing this lead/link.

U.S. Green Berets: Afghan National Army Is Incompetent

Afghan Maj. Gen. Sayed Malouk, commander of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, looks beyond the perimeter on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. John Jackson

Green Berets Reveal Afghan National Army soldiers’ incompetence -- Washington Times

Reports say ANA troops hide from battle, can’t lead or fight at night

Elite Army Green Berets are knocking the performance of the Afghan National Army, telling war tales of its soldiers hiding and quitting the fight.

The Green Beret criticisms, contained in a U.S. Central Command “friendly fire” investigative file, provide a window into the flaws of a national army more than a decade in the making.

The soldiers gave statements to investigators after going into battle June 8-9 in the Gaza Valley of Zabul province, northeast of Kandahar. The Green Berets told of Afghan soldiers refusing to fight and hiding among trees and behind a rock.

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Update #1: Army Green Berets reportedly criticize performance of Afghan army troops -- FOX News
Update #2: Green Berets narrate incidents of Afghan National Army's 'ineptness' during US central command investigation -- Business Standard

My Comment:Years of training and the expenditure of billions of dollars .... coupled with scores of insider attacks .... and this is what we are leaving behind?!?!?!