The Same Wasteful Reconstruction Practices in Iraq Are Happening in Afghanistan

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:19 — Dave Culver

In the past 8 years, the U.S. has allocated $51 billion to rebuild Afghanistan. But tracking that money sometimes seems as challenging as finding the leaders of the Taliban.

AlterNet.org

Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, tells the Huffington Post Investigative Fund that the kind of waste that occurred with reconstruction funds in Iraq could also be happening in Afghanistan.

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