The U.S. military has refused to ban 43 access to information, they support the Taliban or other enemies U.S. troops in Afghanistan, despite the U.S. contract an individual or company, a government watchdog said on Tuesday.
John Sopko, the special inspector general reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR), and said he was worried about the army's refusal to follow to prevent obtaining or maintaining the U.S. government contracts Taliban, Haqqani network and the "base" organization's supporters alleged his office recommendations.
"I am deeply troubled by the U.S. military can pursue, attack and even kill terrorists and their supporters, however, some U.S. government believes that we can not prevent these same people receiving government contracts," Sopko wrote in the introduction he The Office of the quarterly report to the U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
Haqqani network is an Islamic rebel groups on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
The report said the contractor's SIGAR referred 43 cases - most of them Afghans - U.S. Army suspended or disqualified, but have been rejected, "although detailed support information that these individuals and entities to provide material support to the Afghan insurgency. "
"In other words, they may be the enemy of the United States, however, is not enough for them to get government contracts quarterly reports."
Army spokesman required to post comments, saying that the report is based on the evidence submitted by the SIGAR anonymous sources and the Ministry of Commerce as part of the company's survey results, and not enough to prohibit contractors.
Military spokesman said, "Matthew Burke," did not receive the Army Procurement Fraud Section and examined 43 proposals last year, but the report did not contain sufficient evidence to support the suspension and delisting start, according to federal procurement regulations.
Recommend the suspension or cancellation of qualified contractors SIGAR not identified in the report, and did not provide a detailed work of the contractor. SIGAR officials say, involving more than 150 million U.S. dollars, more than 80% of the contractors in Afghanistan entity, the rest coming from the area.
SIGAR often refers to individuals and companies from the United States to suspend or cancel the contract on the basis of qualifications misconduct, such as theft or accepting bribes evidence of the U.S. military. This referral led since 2008, a total of 59 suspensions and 68 removed from the final quarterly report said.
$ 100 billion dollars in aid
Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan approaching U.S. $ 100 one hundred million U.S. dollars more than a decade after the war. Most of the money has been training the Afghan army. Federal agency has asked Congress to approve the October 1 start of the fiscal year to 10.7 over one billion U.S. dollars for the reconstruction programs in Afghanistan.
Federal law aimed at preventing the U.S. Department of Defense contract militants models. But the SIGAR report in April that it was management contract means millions of dollars the way the weaknesses still at risk is transferred power would harm U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
Nonetheless, Congress may want to consider the law extended to include the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development contract, SIGAR said in a separate report this week.
Sopko, have been held for a year, his position has been the U.S. assistance to Afghanistan skeptical. He said that this year in February, Washington should reconsider whether you want to spend more reconstruction assistance, citing corruption and incompetence in Afghanistan, manage projects, with the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
United States and its NATO allies promised package by the end of 2014, the international combat mission in Afghanistan.
The Obama administration is in talks with the Afghan government, leaving a small residual force training, support, and counter-terrorism operations.
 



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