The US struggles to recruit civilians for Afghanistan. Them too!
(B2) This blog has repeatedly echoed the difficulties of Europeans in finding civilian personnel in Afghanistan and had to resolve to increase
financial incentives (read here). We could say: the Americans too! This is at least what emerges from recent
statements by Georg Morell, the American Secretary of State for Defence. It is in fact the reservists who are called in to help. "We just realized they're not gonna be
available to provide civil surge in the near future and as needed today. We seek ways to overcome the obstacle and figure out how to get additional personnel on the civilian side". The Pentagon was thus asked to find 200 to 300 reservists, experts in different
sectors (educators, engineers, lawyers and others...). As for the military reinforcements for the presidential elections in Afghanistan, they arrive in
drop by drop: 700 Britons, 300 Australians have just been added to the other contributions.
(NGV)
