Pentagon accused of lying on Afghanistan troop number
 

WASHINGTON: A US government watchdog said Tuesday that the Pentagon has provided the wrong number of Afghan government troops earlier this month, exaggerating its decline.The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a statement that the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) have 313,728 military personnel as of Jan. 31 this year, instead of the 296,409 that the Pentagon reported earlier in May.It said the Pentagon failed to include the Afghan Border Force in the tally. “This is the latest in a series of problems SIGAR has faced over the last three quarters with DOD’s (Department of Defence) responses to our requests for ANDSF information,” the statement said.“SIGAR respectfully requests the appropriate congressional committees and the secretary of Defence remind all DOD components of their statutory duty to provide accurate and timely data concerning the ANDSF for SIGAR’s quarterly reports,” it added.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World...~4/5govw32tYNA

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