11 Oct 2012
An
Afghanistan contractor’s failure to seal the country’s underground
drainage network has put coalition forces in grave danger for attacks by
Taliban insurgents, a United States government agency has said in a
report.
The report said that the contractor has failed to seal at least 100 drainage systems.
The special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction John Sopko in the letter released on Thursday has warned the senior commanders that the” failure through our preliminary investigative work, we estimate that a large number of culvert denial systems might have been falsely reported by Afghan contractors as complete when, in fact, the denial systems were not installed or were installed in a defective manner, rendering them ineffective and susceptible to compromise by insurgents seeking to emplace IEDs”.
The Taliban insurgents have exploded several road-side bombs using the drainage channels which has resulted several hundred troops losing their lives or limbs. The contractor was ordered to install metal grates which he has failed to do so, according to the letter.
We are providing this information to you for immediate action and dissemination to all relevant personnel. Again, our foremost interest in this matter is the safety and protection of U.S. forces in Afghanistan”, Sopko wrote to the commanders.
The report said that the contractor has failed to seal at least 100 drainage systems.
The special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction John Sopko in the letter released on Thursday has warned the senior commanders that the” failure through our preliminary investigative work, we estimate that a large number of culvert denial systems might have been falsely reported by Afghan contractors as complete when, in fact, the denial systems were not installed or were installed in a defective manner, rendering them ineffective and susceptible to compromise by insurgents seeking to emplace IEDs”.
The Taliban insurgents have exploded several road-side bombs using the drainage channels which has resulted several hundred troops losing their lives or limbs. The contractor was ordered to install metal grates which he has failed to do so, according to the letter.
We are providing this information to you for immediate action and dissemination to all relevant personnel. Again, our foremost interest in this matter is the safety and protection of U.S. forces in Afghanistan”, Sopko wrote to the commanders.
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