Afghanistan has a 'largely lawless, weak, and dysfunctional government,' watchdog says

In its latest report to Congress, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports little progress in the war in Afghanistan, and faults the U.S. and Afghan governments for classifying some of the data that the office needs to provide the public with a more accurate assessment of how the 17-year-old war is going.

In noting that performance assessments of the Afghan National Army as well as the ministries of Defense and Interior were classified for the first time this quarter, John Sopko, the special IG, said the secrecy violates the spirit of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act about noting the congressional conferees expressed concern about the lack of transparency