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Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) (Following & RTs ≠ endorsement)

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  1. High risk areas in reconstruction: corruption, sustainability, contract management, & strategy/planning

  2. UN: Afghanistan world leader in opiate production. U.S. has spent $8.4 billion on counternarcotics programs

  3. DOD spent $500,000 on a building for Afghan police, building “melted” in the rain due to substandard materials

  4. DOD spent $486 million on 20 planes unsuitable for —16 of the planes were then sold for $32,000

  5. In 2012 DOD lost track of so much data they could not account for $201 million in fuel purchases for the Afghan Army

  6. Investigation helped trigger a freeze on $63 million in bank accounts controlled by trucking company owner

  7. $68 billion of the $113 billion Congress appropriated for went towards the security forces

  8. faces a contracting economy, intensifying insurgency & dependency on international donors

  9. Bombings, raids, ambushes, land mines &seizures of key points undermine the government’s credibility in

  10. Large parts of are off-limits to US personnel, preventing project management or oversight

  11. U.S. continues to operate in without an overall strategy for combating corruption

  12. Corruption saps Afghan revenues, undermines government legitimacy & wastes American taxpayers’ money

  13. RAND: Median insurgency duration is 10 years; civil war in has been going on for upwards of 35 years

  14. IG Sopko: Efforts in have produced many good outcomes, many disappointments, & some fiascos

  15. IG Sopko: Examining operations in can help us make more informed decisions & produce better outcomes

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