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There are two very good reasons for equipping them with AK's. First, they've been fighting each other for decades with AK-47's, so they're already familiar with the weapon. Secondly, the AK was designed for illiterate troops with limited mechanical skills who don't have the ability or interest in maintaining sophisticated machinery. Robust as the M16 is, I'll bet a significant number of the ones we gave them are no longer functional.
I worked for a PMC for a while, that had contracts in Afghanistan. We did purchase AKs and PKMs from Serbia to outfit our Afghan employees, under US and ISAF contracts. For handguns, we used CZs. Western contract employees got M4's and Berettas
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