Years after construction started on a U.S.-funded teacher training facility in Afghanistan, the building sits unfinished, putting teachers at risk after two contractors abandoned the facility they were paid more than $3 million to build.

The facility is the latest in what has become a trend of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failing to hold contractors accountable for shoddy work that puts people in danger, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction.

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