Afghanistan : key issues for congressional oversight : report to congressional committees
- Corporate Author:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Additional Titles:
- Key issues for congressional oversight
- Published:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- Physical Description:
- ii, 33 pages : digital, PDF file
Access Online
- Restrictions on Access:
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- The United States has provided approximately $38.6 billion in reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan and has over 35,000 troops in the country as of February 2009. Some progress has occurred in areas such as economic growth, infrastructure development, and training of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), but the overall security situation in Afghanistan has not improved after more than 7 years of U.S. and international efforts. In response, the new administration plans to deploy approximately 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan this year, and has completed a strategic review of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Based on our past work and the significance of U.S. efforts in Afghanistan to the overall U.S. counterinsurgency strategy, we have highlighted Afghanistan as an urgent oversight issue facing this Congress.
- Report Numbers:
- GA 1.13:GAO-09-473 SP
GAO-09-473 SP - Subject(s):
- Afghanistan. Afghan National Army
- Afghanistan. National Security Forces
- Afghan War, 2001-2021
- Postwar reconstruction—Afghanistan
- Counterinsurgency—Afghanistan
- Military assistance, American—Afghanistan
- Government contractors—Afghanistan
- Drug control—Afghanistan
- Arms control—Afghanistan
- National security—Afghanistan
- United States—Armed Forces—Afghanistan
- Afghanistan—Politics and government—2001-2021
- Note:
- Title from cover screen (viewed on Apr. 22, 2009).
"April 2009."
"GAO-09-473SP." - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 4/22/09: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09473sp.pdf; current access available via PURL.
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