Afghanistan reconstruction risks wasting $104 billion, watchdog warns, again

By Ethan Barton

Published December 10, 2014 10:06pm ET

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Afghanistan reconstruction risks wasting $104 billion, watchdog warns, again — Afghan troops participate in an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Presidential Palace, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 in Kabul. Based on the growth of Afghanistan's economy, the country will be unable to fund its military by a deadline of 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool) | Mark Wilson

Afghanistan’s $104 billion U.S.-funded reconstruction program risks being entirely wasted, according to the latest warning of a government watchdog.

“The evidence is clear that American taxpayer dollars … are being placed at unnecessarily high levels of risk by widespread failure to … implement prudent countermeasures,” said Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko in a report made public Wednesday.

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