This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) study to the USA Congress on Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) is the 14th quarterly study detailing the overseas contingency operation. The study summarizes pregnant events involving OFS in addition to describes completed, ongoing, in addition to planned Lead IG in addition to partner way oversight work. This study covers the menses from July 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018.
During the quarter, General Austin Scott Miller assumed command of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) in addition to the Resolute Support mission. Also this quarter, the Trump Administration’s Southern Asia strategy passed its 1 twelvemonth mark. Under the strategy, the U.S. Government has increased the amount of troops in addition to equipment inward Afghanistan, increased offensive strikes against the Taliban, expanded grooming in addition to assistance for Afghan forces, in addition to sought to pressure level Islamic Republic of Pakistan to eliminate terrorist security havens. Overall, the strategy seeks to crusade the Taliban to larn inward into negotiations for a political settlement.
In world statements, diplomatic in addition to military machine leaders emphasized that progress towards the goals of the Southern Asia strategy is existence made. However, available measures of security inward Afghanistan, including full security incidents, population control, in addition to civilian casualties, showed lilliputian change. This quarter, 65 per centum of the Afghan population lived inward areas nether authorities command or influence, a figure that has non changed inward the by year. The UN reported that civilian casualties during the quarter increased compared to the same menses final year. Similarly, casualties to Afghan security forces exceeded casualty rates during the same menses final year. ISIS-K continued to mountain deadly attacks inward its stronghold inward Nangarhar province in addition to inward Kabul.
Despite continued efforts in addition to activities, in that place was lilliputian clear progress toward reconciliation during the quarter. Media outlets reported that a senior Department of State (DoS) official met alongside Taliban officials inward July, though the DoS declined to render a world comment to the DoS Office of Inspector General close these reports. In September, the DoS appointed Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad to serve every bit Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation. Also during the quarter, the Taliban did non response to President Ghani’s offering to implement a instant cease-fire during the Eid al Adha holiday. Instead, the Taliban focused on its stated destination of disrupting preparations for the Oct parliamentary elections.
During the quarter, the Lead IG agencies in addition to our oversight partners issued xi reports relating to OFS that address topics such every bit contract performance in addition to accountability, burn downwards security standards, in addition to a Department of State aviation program. Lead IG way investigations this quarter resulted inward three debarments in addition to numerous fines in addition to recoveries.
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel began on Jan 1, 2015. U.S. forces bear 2 complementary missions nether OFS: 1) counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Republic of Iraq in addition to Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K), in addition to their affiliates inward Afghanistan; in addition to 2) training, advising, in addition to assisting the Afghan National Defense in addition to Security Forces (ANDSF) through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led Resolute Support Mission. U.S. counterterrorism efforts rest focused on preventing Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan from becoming a security haven for terrorists planning attacks against the U.S. homeland in addition to against U.S. interests in addition to partners. The objective of the Resolute Support Mission is to develop self-sustaining Afghan security forces that are capable of maintaining security nether responsible Afghan civilian authorities.
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