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SECURITY
2018 to 2020. 104 NATO’s mission in Afghanistan is the largest and longest
operation in the alliance’s history. 105
After nearly a decade, the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan
ended on December 31, 2016, in accordance with a December 2014
Council of the European Union decision, as planned for the expected (now
extended) end of the Resolute Support (RS) mission. The EU will, however,
continue a smaller mission beginning in March 2017 that will have a narrower
focus on ministry-level advising. 106
Security incidents: reported incidents
that include armed clashes, improvisedexplosive
devices, targeted killings,
abductions, suicide attacks, criminal acts,
and intimidation. Reported incidents are
not necessarily actual incidents.
Source: SIGAR, analysis of the United Nations report,
12/9/2014.
U.S. RECONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR SECURITY
As of December 31, 2016, the U.S. Congress had appropriated nearly
$70.6 billion to support the ANDSF. This accounts for 60% of all U.S. reconstruction
funding for Afghanistan since FY 2002.
In 2005, Congress established the ASFF to build, equip, train, and sustain
the ANDSF, which comprises all security forces under the Ministry
of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Interior (MOI). Additionally, ASFF
is used to support the Afghan Local Police (ALP), which falls under the
authority of the MOI although it is not considered part of the ANDSF. Most
U.S.-provided funds were channeled through the ASFF and obligated by
either the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A)
or the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. According to DOD, ASFF
funds are transferred to Da Afghanistan Bank, similar to the U.S. Federal
Reserve, and then the Ministry of Finance sends treasury checks to fund
the MOD and MOI based on submitted funding requests. 107 Of the $66 billion
appropriated for the ASFF, $61.8 billion had been obligated and
$60.7 billion disbursed. 108
This section discusses assessments of the Afghan National Army (ANA),
Afghan National Police (ANP), and the Ministries of Defense and Interior;
and gives an overview of how U.S. funds are used to build, equip, train, and
sustain the Afghan security forces.
UN Reports Afghan Security Deteriorating
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General reported in December that
Afghanistan’s security situation further deteriorated between January and
October 2016, with intensifying armed clashes between the Afghan security
forces and the Taliban. Armed clashes reached their highest level since UN
reporting began in 2007, and marked a 22% increase over the same period
in 2015. 109 The Taliban continued to challenge government control in key
districts and attempted to cut off strategically important highways and
supply routes. 110
The UN recorded 6,261 security incidents between August 16 and
November 17, 2016, as reflected in Figure 3.26, representing a 9% increase
from the same period in 2015, and an 18% decrease from the same period
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SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL I AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION