Failed Afghan project highlights Clinton’s contractor ties

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A power plant built in Afghanistan by a pair of well-connected contractors may be sitting idle despite a year of warnings from government watchdogs.

The Tarakhil plant, which sits just outside Kabul, had drained $335 million in taxpayer funds before an avalanche in Afghanistan hampered its operation even further, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction revealed Thursday.

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