Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Data on US counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan doesn’t add up

Data on US counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan doesn’t add up - Middle East - Stripes

Key figures in the by-the-numbers look at U.S. and Afghan counterterrorism missions in the second half of 2017, which have been published by prominent news outlets, were wrong, defense officials confirmed after Stars and Stripes pointed out discrepancies. The incorrect data — including a breakdown of independent and joint raids and a body count of enemy fighters — were released in an unclassified December report to Congress titled “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan.”

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