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Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. (AP Photos)
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House Democrats accuse Trump administration of covering up Afghanistan failures

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The Jan. 30 report notes that for the first time since 2009, Resolute Support classified the exact, assigned and authorized force strength and attrition data for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)
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US military says it didn’t mean to hide data showing Taliban’s strength, cites ‘human error’

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The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations
National Security

Pentagon watchdog finds widespread waste in $800 million Afghanistan business program

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It's a mixed bag. Not everything is bad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Beltway Confidential

Afghanistan status report: Progress is too slow, but we have cause for optimism

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United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said part of the strategy designed to demoralize a resurgent Taliban is to no longer release any tactical information that would provide aid or comfort to the enemy. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
National Security

US military classifies Afghanistan data as Taliban make gains

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In one example of the failures of the community-policing training, Sopko said he and his team spoke with a U.S. military officer who watched shows like
National Security

US military official used TV shows as guide for training Afghan police officers: Report

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Just 17 of the 57 Pentagon positions that require Senate confirmation have been filled by President Trump's appointees. That figure has barely budged in two months. (iStock Photo)
National Security

After spending half a billion dollars, Pentagon isn’t sure if Afghan intel program worked

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The amendment, passed by voice vote without debate, would prohibit any 2018 funding to be used in the Pentagon's efforts to equip the Afghan National Army after a Pentagon auditor announced a criminal probe of the uniform purchases this week. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
National Security

House bars Afghan uniform purchases in defense bill

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John Sopko said he is recommending a review of all organizational clothing and individual equipment contracts in Afghanistan after the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan approved purchases of proprietary camouflage clothing that were ill-suited to the terrain while free Defense Department-owned patterns were available. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
National Security

Criminal probe opened over $28 million in alleged Afghan uniform waste

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The U.S. government may have overpaid nearly $30 million dollars for uniforms for the Afghan National Army because it used a private contractor who offered a camouflage pattern that is unsuited to the country's terrain. (NATO photo by Kay M. Nissen)
National Security

Watchdog: Pentagon may have wasted $30 million on buying the wrong pattern of Afghan army uniforms

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