US $780m Afghan aircraft purchase 'wasteful'

A US watchdog has advised the Pentagon to ground plans to spend $780m (£513m) on 48 aircraft for the Afghan military, as their pilots lack expertise. Only seven Afghan pilots were trained to fly with night-vision goggles and the Afghan Special Mission Wing has no command structure, the report found. It could take 10 years before the unit is self-sufficient, . The audit also...