The Minister just resigned and the Principal Deputy Minister
in charge of all Police has been replaced.
There are rumors that the Deputy Minister I deal with for supporting the
forces is on shaky ground as well. The
Director General for Finance and the Inspector General I advise seem to be
safe, for now. In this culture, when
there are such leadership changes, little progress can be expected as
subordinates are loathed to make any firm decisions, much less craft new
initiatives, lest they be seen as making power plays. We have key initiatives on Procurement,
Accounting, Requirements planning and Civilianization which now may be slowed,
or worse, curtailed. This was not a good
time for such turmoil, especially so at the start of the 2016 fighting
season. This seems like catastrophe to
us, but oddly the Afghans don’t seem as concerned. It’s as almost they are playing musical
chairs, where leaders merely rotate jobs.
No one really gets sacked. They
just change jobs or employment status for a while. A perfect management scheme
for no progress.
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