Warlord, Inc.: Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan

Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs | U.S. House of Representatives | 2010-06-22

This 85-page report asserts that the Department of Defense has been largely blind to the potential strategic consequences of its supply chain contingency contracting. U.S. military logisticians have little visibility into what happens to their trucks on the road and virtually no understanding of how security is actually provided. When HNT contractors self-reported to the military that they were being extorted by warlords for protection payments for safe passage and that these payments were "funding the insurgency," they were largely met with indifference and inaction.

The document is referenced in the Oct. 12, 2010, WPR column by Richard Weitz titled "Global Insights: Kyrgyzstan Election Benefits Regional Security."