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Afghanistan’s military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions

• PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  The near total lack of resistance makes more sense when the scale of the corruption is considered: > When an Afghan police officer was asked about his force’s apparent lack of motivation, he explained that they haven’t been getting their salaries. Several Afghan police officers on the front lines in Kandahar before the city fell said they hadn’t been paid in six to nine months. Taliban payoffs have become ever more enticing.
  • dennisgorelik 5y ago
    That Afghan corruption makes me wonder how much corruption was inside the US military that spent billions on Afghan personnel training that resulted in the immediate collapse. My guess is that US military administration was over 90% corrupt in Afghanistan.