TPM Investigates: Army Tries To Rein In Rampant Afghan Fuel Theft
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 8th, 2011 5:43 am by HL
TPM Investigates: Army Tries To Rein In Rampant Afghan Fuel Theft
The U.S. Army is getting rid of its “pen and paper” and “string and stick” method of tracking fuel use in Afghanistan after nearly a decade of mismanagement, theft and fraud resulting in what is likely hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in lost fuel, some of which is sold on the black market and has ended up in Taliban hands. The highest levels of the U.S. military have deep concerns about the rampant robbery, and the U.S. Army this week is beginning to implement, base by base in Afghanistan, a computerized accounting system aimed at making it easier to track the disappearing fuel.