Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

How $85 Million Failed To Build A Swanky Hotel In Kabul

4:38pm November 17, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

A new report finds $85 million in loans for a U.S.-supported hotel and apartment project in Afghanistan are gone, and that the buildings are unfinished and appear to be abandoned.

This natural gas station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan, cost American taxpayers nearly $43 million to build.

Watchdog: U.S. Paid For 'World's Most Expensive' Gas Station In Afghanistan

4:46pm November 02, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

American taxpayers paid $43 million for a natural gas station that should have cost $500,000. When the inspector general asked about it, the Department of Defense could not explain the cost.

Afghan girls attend a makeshift school in the eastern city of Jalalabad in March. A sharp increase in students, particularly girls, is often cited as a success story in rebuilding the country. However, the U.S. special inspector for Afghanistan has questi

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Afghan Schools: Is The Success Story Exaggerated?

1:35pm June 18, 2015

by Greg Myre

Afghan officials reportedly inflated the number of students to make the education system appear more successful than it has been, according to the U.S. inspector for Afghanistan's reconstruction.

U.S. Classifies Some Basic Statistics About Afghan Security Forces

12:35pm January 29, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The watchdog in charge of Afghan reconstruction said the classification threatens its ability to publicly account for the billions of dollars spent each year on Afghan forces.

Poppies bloom in a field on the outskirts of Kandahar on April 27, 2014.

Watchdog: $7 Billion U.S. Effort Doesn't Dent Afghan Poppy Production

3:41pm October 21, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction found that despite U.S. counternarcotics efforts, poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a record high in 2013.

Photos depict scenes at the $34 million command center in Camp Leatherneck, completed in November. U.S. troops will never use the facility, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction says.

'A $34 Million Waste Of The Taxpayers' Money' In Afghanistan

6:22pm July 11, 2013

by Bill Chappell

A new U.S. facility in Afghanistan offers 64,000 square feet of space for more than 1,000 military personnel. Finished last November, it cost tens of millions of dollars. It will never be used for its intended purpose, a military inspector says, and it could be demolished.

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