*ISLAMABAD – US Military pumped in $7.9 billion into Afghanistan Air Force,a SIGAR Report has revealed.*

*A quarterly report by the United States Special Inspector to Afghanistan,or SIGAR, released on Oct. 30, reveals that the US provided up to $7.9billion to support and develop the Afghan Air Force, or AFF, between 2010to 2019.*

The report says $1.7 billion of the total amount was allocated for fiscalyear 2019, which is $71.9 million less than what SIGAR reported lastquarter, TOLO News has reported.

The report says the funds allocated to the Afghan Air Force in 2019 was$295.4 million more than the money allocated to other elements of theAfghan National Defense and Security Forces, or ANDSF.

But former Air Force officials said the US fund to the AFF is notsufficient and that any fundamental work has not been done in this sector.

“This is not an air force. It is a little better than zero. I mean thatthey have neither proper combat aircraft nor transportation aircraft orcombat and intelligence helicopters.

The United States assistance has been insufficient and is not worthmentioning,” said Gen. Atiqullah Amarkhail (Ret.), a military analyst andformer commander of the Afghan Air Force.

“Used aircraft have been sent to Afghanistan. You witnessed how manyhelicopters crash-landed recently… Therefore, our Air Force is ‘veryweak’,” said Mohammad Hashim Alokozai, a member of the Afghan Senate’sDefense Committee.

The AAF’s current in-country inventory, as of October 1, 2019, includes 183aircraft (158 of which are operational).