The U.S. has dropped a ghastly $146 billion on Afghanistan reconstruction in the last two decades and billions more continue to be spent, but the Biden administration is blocking federal auditors from conducting their congressionally mandated job of investigating where the money is going….
“That’s Classified!” See How Afghanistan War Lies Are Made…
The Afghan government classifies all metrics that would show its failure to reach goals, or stops collecting the information entirely, a government watchdog told a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Rand Paul today. “Do any specific trends lead you to believe that Afghan security forces will one day be able to hold off the Taliban… […]
Just a Little Sloppy Record-Keeping? The Pentagon’s $35 Trillion ‘Accounting Black Hole’…
Over the past two weeks of coronavirus headlines and heightened global anxiety, along with impeachment coverage and after over the Super Bowl weekend Americans huddled in living rooms in blissful oblivion, a story which in more normal times would be front and center has gone largely unnoticed. To be sure, the Pentagon couldn’t be happier […]
Thousands Have Been Killed in Afghanistan ‘Reconstruction,’ Stunning Watchdog Report Reveals…
A first-of-its-kind report on the “human costs” of U.S. efforts toward reconstruction in Afghanistan reveals that thousands have been killed or wounded in the process of trying to stabilize the region. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report, released Tuesday, notes that they have long been calculating the financial costs of reconstruction, but […]
Afghanistan Reconstruction Programs Sustained More Than 5,100 Casualties in 16 Years…
REPORT: Operation Inherent Resolve in Brief…
Afghan Drug Trade Thrives Despite Costly U.S. Counternarcotics Campaign…
The drug trade in Afghanistan, which helps fund the insurgency and impedes reconstruction efforts, has grown stronger despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. to fight it, a government watchdog said Thursday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said in a report that the U.S. needed a new strategy to fight […]