Shadow Army Now Outnumbers U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

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An unfortunate milestone in the war in Afghanistan was reported this week: private contractors have outnumbered U.S. troops in Afghanistan since March.

Contractors now make up "57 percent of the Pentagon's Afghanistan personnel.”

The highest ratio of contractors to military personnel recorded in any war in the history of the United States now exists in Afghanistan, according to a recently released report by a Congressional research group.

Of particular importance, the report concludes that “abuses and crimes committed by armed private security contractors and interrogators against local nationals may have undermined US efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

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