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CENTCOM Head Says Afghan Security Force Funding Less Efficient With Withdrawal, Cites ISR Needs

CENTCOM Head Says Afghan Security Force Funding Less Efficient With Withdrawal, Cites ISR Needs
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, holds a press briefing at the Pentagon following a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 22, 2021. (Photo: DoD by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

The commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) told a Congressional panel last week that funding will still flow to Afghanistan security forces after a withdrawal of U.S. troops but it will be less efficient. “We’re going to go to a zero solution in Afghanistan, so whatever we do it will largely not be done by people on the ground in Afghanistan. We can still do some things from remote locations, we can work the administration, the Afghanistan security force funding,…

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