Tag: SIGAR

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Pentagon classifies Afghan force data days after critical watchdog report

Sarah Bedford · January 29, 2015 8:23 pm

International Relief and Development has received more than $1 billion in contracts for work in Afghanistan and $85 million for work in Iraq. (iStock)

Another top USAID contractor being investigated for ‘serious misconduct’

Sarah Bedford · January 29, 2015 10:00 am

"We need to have base budget so the Pentagon can plan," said Center for Strategic and International Studies budget analyst Ryan Crotty.

Pentagon saved billions by taking watchdog’s advice on Afghanistan projects

Sarah Bedford · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

Afghan National Police officers carry boxes of equipment during their graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, August 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon paid half million for buildings that ‘melted,’ had to be rebuilt

Sarah Bedford · January 15, 2015 10:00 am

Afghan police recruits who just finished their first training at the police academy, line up as they arrive with their sleeping bags at a police station in Kabul on Sunday, March 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

U.S. paying ‘ghost police’ in Pentagon-backed Afghan National Police force

Sarah Bedford · January 12, 2015 10:00 am

A laborer works on the grounds of the American-built 105MW Tarakhil Power Plant on September 8, 2011 in Tarakhil, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of Kabul. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

U.S.-funded facilities barely working in Afghan camp, so feds build more

Sarah Bedford · January 8, 2015 10:00 am

Afghan women listen during an animal husbandry class on September 8, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The program is run by the Afghan Women Rights Organization and is aimed at educating women on ways to raise their household income. The program is funded by the U.S. Ambassador's Small Grants Program (ASGP) and USAID. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

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Officials don’t know if U.S.-funded efforts for Afghan women are working

Sarah Bedford · December 18, 2014 10:00 am

$700 million Afghan task force leaving little behind but leaky gas pipeline

$700 million Afghan task force leaving little behind but leaky gas pipeline

Sarah Bedford · December 16, 2014 6:00 am

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)

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

Ethan Barton · December 10, 2014 10:06 pm

More than 90 percent of the world's opium poppy is produced in Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Despite U.S. efforts, Afghan opium trade thrives

Sarah Bedford · October 30, 2014 9:00 am

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan Aug. 30. (AP Photo)

State Dept. spent millions on TV trucks it still hasn’t touched

Sarah Bedford · October 25, 2014 2:00 pm

More than two dozen staffers from the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction were among the 85 individuals and groups whose oversight service was recognized during the 17th annual Inspectors General Community awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy: www.SIGAR.mil)

SIGAR honored at watchdog awards ceremony

Sarah Bedford · October 22, 2014 8:36 pm