Is the Afghan Air Force Involved In The Drug Trade?

Afghan Air Force Probed in Drug Running -- Wall Street Journal

KABUL—The U.S. is investigating allegations that some officials in the Afghan Air Force, which was established largely with American funds, have been using aircraft to ferry narcotics and illegal weapons around the country, American officials told The Wall Street Journal.

Two probes of the Afghan Air Force, or AAF, are under way—one led by the U.S. military coalition and another by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said.

"The nature of the allegations is fairly dramatic and indicated that [AAF officials] were transporting drugs on aircraft and transported weapons not owned by the government of Afghanistan for the use of private groups," said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan, the command that is establishing and financing Afghan security forces, including the AAF.

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More News On The Involvement Of The Afghan Air Force In The Country's Drug Trade

Afghan Air Force: Flying Drug Mules That Fuel Civil War -- Danger Room
Afghan Air Force Suspected of Drug Running: Report -- ABC News
Report: US investigating Afghan Air Force for alleged drug running -- FOX News/Wall Street Journal
U.S. probes allegations Afghan Air Force involved in drug running -- Reuters
U.S. probes Afghan Air Force drug allegations -- CNN
US Investigates Afghan Air Force for Drug Trafficking -- Voice of America
US Suspects Afghan Air Force of Drug Running -- Newser

My Comment: Drugs, fraud, corruption, etc .... and U.S. officials are now finally realizing that this is impacting their overall strategy in Afghanistan.

On a side note .... I guess this project is now dead.