Afghanistan has topped all nations this year in purchases of U.S. weapon systems through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, a growing Pentagon operation brokering more sales than expected, a defense official said. All such U.S.-arranged foreign military sales are expected to reach $34 billion in the current fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, which is more than predicted and significantly higher than the $23 billion tally in fiscal year 2007, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which…
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