In Afghanistan, US military’s `Help Wanted’ sign
Mar 23, 2009 Afghanistan, Industry News
By ANNE FLAHERTY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The military buildup in Afghanistan is stoking a surge of private security contractors despite a string of deadly shootings in Iraq in recent years that has called into question the government’s ability to manage the guns for hire.
In recent online postings, the military has asked private security companies to protect traveling convoys and guard U.S. bases in troubled southern provinces such as Helmand and Kandahar. And if truckers hired to transport fuel for the military want protection, they can hire their own armed guards, the military says.
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