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Military contractors in Afghanistan lack supervision

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The US relies heavly on private security forces for the war in Afghanistan, and some of those security workers hired to protect U.S. military bases have either used American taxpayer money to support the Taliban or have been found to be Taliban officers themselves. Of the 26,000 private security workers in Afghanistan, 90 percent work […]

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US Military scaling back on outside contractors

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