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US Wasted Billions in Failed Afghan Stabilization Efforts

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
05/24/18
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Helmand province, Afghanistan

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The United States wasted billions of dollars trying to stabilize fragile parts of Afghanistan from 2001-2017 and some efforts caused more harm than good, a U.S. government watchdog said Thursday.

A report by the office of the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction found that Washington had set unrealistic expectations for itself after the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 and overestimated its ability to build and reform government institutions.

“Despite some heroic efforts to stabilize insecure and contested areas in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2017, the program mostly failed,” Special Inspector General John Sopko said as he presented the report in Washington.

“This happened for a number of reasons, including the establishment of a set of unrealistic expectations about what could be achieved in just a few years’ time.”

NEW REPORT: read SIGAR's fourth lessons learned report, entitled "Stabilization: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan," examining U.S. govt efforts to stabilize Afghanistan between 2002-2017 https://t.co/vb1dCF8j4Q pic.twitter.com/4HiOZwJPvX

— SIGAR (@SIGARHQ) May 24, 2018

The report found that the military pressured aid groups to build schools and infrastructure in areas that were still being contested by the Taliban, leading to the failure of many projects.

“Opportunities for corruption and elite capture abounded, making many of those projects far more harmful than helpful,” the document states.

The SIGAR analysis found that Washington had set expectations and programs not properly tailored for Afghanistan, and noted that successes in stabilizing Afghan districts rarely lasted longer than the physical presence of coalition troops and civilians.

“Under immense pressure to quickly stabilize insecure districts, US government agencies spent far too much money, far too quickly, in a country woefully unprepared to absorb it,” SIGAR noted.

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