US 'lost track of Afghan weapons'

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It found that, in the four years up to June 2008, the US military failed to keep complete records on some 222,000 weapons entering the country.

According to these sources, the report says:

US military officials failed to keep proper records on about 87,000 rifles, pistols, mortars and other weapons sent to Afghanistan between December 2004 and June 2008 - about a third of all the weapons sent

There was a similar lack of management of a further 135,000 light weapons donated to Afghan forces via the US military by 21 countries

The military failed even to record the serial numbers of some 46,000 weapons, making it impossible to confirm receipt of weapons or identify any which had fallen into the hands of militants

The serial numbers of 41,000 weapons were recorded, but US military officials still had no idea where they were

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