They are likewise conceivably humiliating for U.S. President Barack Obama's organization, which has burned through billions of dollars preparing Afghan troops as Washington looks to remove itself from the expensive, 15-year-old war. The divulgence could fuel feedback by supporters of Republican presidential chosen one Donald Trump, who has blamed the Obama organization for neglecting to legitimately vet migrants from Muslim-greater part nations and has swore a much harder position in the event that he wins.
While other outside troops on U.S. military preparing visits have at times fled, a U.S. safeguard official said that the recurrence of Afghan troops disappearing was worrisome and "out of the ordinary."Since September alone, eight Afghan troops have left army installations without approval, Pentagon representative Adam Stump told Reuters. He said the aggregate number of Afghan troops who have disappeared since January 2015 is 44, a number that has not beforehand been revealed.
"The Defense Department is evaluating approaches to fortify qualification criteria for preparing in ways that will lessen the probability of an individual Afghan enthusiastically fleeing from preparing in the U.S. what's more, going AWOL (truant without leave)," Stump said.
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