The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR) warned that the withdrawal of U.S. contractors in May will have an enormous impact on the combat capabilities of the Afghan military.
John Sopko says the Afghans rely on the Americans to carry out 100 percent of the maintenance work on the C-130 and Black Hawk helicopters. Without those contractors, those aircraft could only fly for a few months after their departure.
He added that the departures “will negatively impact Afghan security forces, threaten the Afghan state and imperil (U.S.) own national security interests if Afghanistan should further destabilize.”
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