By rifle serial numbers, a handwritten inventory of weapons is conducted by the Afghan National Army in Mehtarlam district, Laghman province on April 27, 2010. According to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, less than 400 weapons have been lost by Afghan National Security Forces over the past nine years. However, missing weapons are not the only arms control predicament facing CSTC-A. In 2009, ammunition recovered from guerrilla fighters killed in Korengal valley may have been originally issued to Afghan National Security Forces.

Words and Photo by James Lee