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After 10 Years Someone Has Finally Realised That The Afghan Army Uniform Is Not Suitable For The Terrain Of Afghanistan

New York Times: A Dumb Decision’: U.S. Said to Waste $28 Million on Afghan Army Camouflage

The United States spent up to $28 million more than it had to on camouflage uniforms for the Afghan National Army because of the sartorial tastes of a single Afghan official, an American government watchdog said on Wednesday.

A report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found that the Pentagon needlessly spent millions to license a proprietary camouflage pattern that replicates lush forests. Most of Afghanistan’s landscape, however, is desert, and the Defense Department owns dozens of similar patterns it could have used free, the report said.

“They picked the pattern based on a fashion preference, not by experts, but by the minister of defense,” said John F. Sopko, the special inspector general. “That was a dumb decision.”

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WNU Editor: I have seen this Afghan Army camouflage pattern for years .... and I have commented before that it never made sense to me on why were these soldiers wearing a uniform that did not blend in at all with what Afghanistan looks like. To say that this was an unbelievably dumb decision is an understatement. And blaming it on an Afghan official is even dumber. The U.S. paid for these uniforms .... they knew what they were buying .... or at least they should have stopped the contract immediately when they realised what they were buying. But

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apparently no one wanted to do anything ....  even senior U.S. generals who saw first hand what the Afghan soldiers were wearing but choose to say nothing .... AND THIS WENT ON FOR 10 YEARS!!!!!

More News On The SIGAR Report On Afghan Army Uniforms

These Afghan army uniforms cost American taxpayers $28 million 'in the name of fashion' -- Military Times
Pentagon Accused of Wasting Up to $28M on ‘Inappropriate’ Afghan Soldier Uniforms -- NBC
US watchdog decries pricey woodland uniforms for Afghan army -- AFP
Pentagon wasted $28million on woodland camouflage uniforms for Afghan soldiers - even though most of the country is desert -- Daily Mail
Watchdog: Pentagon may have wasted $30 million on buying the wrong pattern of Afghan army uniforms -- FOX News
Pentagon wasted $28 million on uniforms for Afghan soldiers, report says -- USA Today
Pentagon 'wasted $28m' on Afghan camouflaged uniforms -- BBC
Botched Choice For Afghan Army Uniforms Wasted Tens Of Millions Of U.S. Dollars -- NPR
IG Report: U.S. Spent $100 Million on Camouflage That May Make Afghan Army Better Targets -- Washington Free Beacon

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