Months before President Joe Biden announced the U.S.’s complete withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, Washington’s watchdog warned that the Afghan air force would collapse without critical American aid, training and maintenance. The report was declassified Tuesday.
The inspector general’s office told The Associated Press on Monday that it is rare for SIGAR reports to be classified but when they are, a declassified version is issued by the Pentagon in under two months. The office said it did not know why it took the Defense Department more than a year before declassifying this particular report, or why it did so now, five months after the Taliban took power.
Biden announced in April that the last 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops would leave along with NATO’s 7,500 troops, following a deal reached with the Taliban by the Trump administration. The announcement started a rapid collapse of the Afghan defence forces. Over the preceding months, Afghan officials had warned that the air force was not able to stand on its own. Ata Mohammed Noor, a powerful warlord in northern Afghanistan who was a key U.S. ally in the 2001 defeat of the Taliban, said the fleet was overused and undermaintained.
According to the report, NATO and the U.S. switched in 2019 from building the air force to making sure it had a chance at long-term survival.
Biden admin handing over Afghanistan, US military installations and military equipment to the Taliban was not incompetence, because no one at that level is that stupid. We may not understand why they did it, but we do know one thing - they did it.
Of course and it was ignored. Complte stupidity. Shameful
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
CTV National News: Afghans seek refuge in CanadaThe immigration minister pledges $35 million to help immigrants settle in Canada but Afghans need urgent help. Kevin Gallagher reports. Afghanistan was so last year. Ok but we don’t want them here? Sure it's good plan. What's the housing situation going to be. What about other refugees too, besides afghans. The others need urgent help too. This is all political.
Source: CTVNews - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »
Ottawa accused of failing crime victims by leaving watchdog job emptyThe federal government is sending a message that victims of crime are not a priority by leaving an important watchdog role vacant, advocates and researchers say. .JustinTrudeau must act now for 2 million victims of violence, who face shoddy bill of victimrights, token efforts to prevent victimization, and no ombudsperson. Canada must catch up to US, UK, European Union, Japan JacquesGallant DavidLametti morricemike SbsullySteve Not like the government actually serves people anyway when all roles are filled. Save the taxpayers!
Source: TorontoStar - 🏆 60. / 55 Read more »
Air Canada, WestJet and Pearson urge end of mandatory COVID-19 testing at airportsAir Canada, WestJet and Pearson call on government to remove mandatory COVID-19 testing at airports at this point the gov is the only bonehead that does not follow even science advisories. Its time. The data shows its not worth the resources. BTW. The USA currently requires a 24 hour antigen test. But anyone I know that has entered lately by air or car has not be asked for one. Is there an update to that requirement? Uh, no.
Source: nationalpost - 🏆 10. / 80 Read more »
More than 1,500 air travellers in Canada tried to defy mask-wearing rules in 2021More than 1,500 travellers refused to comply with wearing a face mask during their flight and hundreds of letters of non-compliance were issued in 2021 as a result, according to updated data released by Transport Canada. They knew the Rule. 1500 air travelers who are childish. I don’t like the rules so I’m not following them = I’m taking my ball and going home. Putting these people on no-fly lists is the best response. Well then, there should have been over 1500 tickets given out!
Source: CTVNews - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »
Research on HEPA filters and COVID is slim, but some experts are optimistic | CBC RadioSeveral provincial and territorial governments will be reopening schools on Monday for the first time since before the December holidays. The delay was, in part, to better protect teachers and students against the Omicron wave with better masks — and in Ontario, to deliver thousands of air cleaners with HEPA filters to classrooms. Omicron says your air filter is useless. Sauf une fois au Québec! polqc Mask them, vax them, separate them from each other, make them do everything online and shame them into compliance. That's funny how air filtration was never considered before all of these other ideas.
Source: CBCNews - 🏆 2. / 99 Read more »
Trucking companies lose drivers as new border vaccine mandate comes into forceCanadian truckers must be fully vaccinated if they want to avoid quarantine when returning from U.S., while unvaccinated American drivers are not allowed into Canada We'll see what happens... We cannot give in to bio-terrorists. Didn't the truckers successfully lobbied to be exempt from vaccine mandates?
Source: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 Read more »