Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, History, Political Science

Authors: United States Senate Committee on Armed Services In Year : 2010

Book Language: English

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Executive Summary
Conclusions
Introduction
Background, 8/21/08, Contractor Personnel
ArmorGroup Hires, Ambush on Mr White, IED Kills Local Guard
Pink Murders, Killing Has Impact, Fallout
ArmorGroup meets, Feud Continues, Pink is Now
ArmorGroup Mine Action, AGMA Identifies
Weapons Confiscated, Lead Up, The Azizabad Raid
Reaction, Reports Claim, AGMA Finds
White III's Men Observed, Improvised Explosive Devices, ArmorGroup and ArmorGroup Mine Action Wind Down
EODT Relies on Local Strongmen to Staff U.S. Contract
Wahab, Haji Dawoud
Commander Blue, US Military Oversight
The Need For Government Oversight, Government Oversight
Rules Governing Armed Private Security Contractors
Arming Authority
Training
Performance
Private Security Personnel and Military Functions, Accuracy, Reliability, and Completeness, DOD Database
Private Security Contracting and Long-Term Stability
Task Force Established, Committee Action, Additional Views

The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated by events in August 2008, when US forces bombed the Afghan village of Azizabad. This gave rise to a public dispute between the US Government and the United Nations about the level of fatalities caused by the attack and about whether those killed had been civilians or Taliban-linked insurgents. Allegations soon emerged that the attack had been based on false information deliberately fed to the US military by Afghan employees of ArmorGroup, a private security contractor, and that these employees were engaged in murder and anti-coalition activities. A key local contact of ArmorGroup, who they dubbed "Mr Pink", was subsequently convicted of espionage and sentenced to death, but was later freed.