For nearly two decades the U.S. government spent a breathtaking $145
billion on a failed plan to rebuild Afghanistan and at least $26 billion of
it was lost to waste, fraud and abuse, according to the final report
published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
(SIGAR).
For nearly two decades the U.S. government spent a breathtaking
$145 billion on a failed plan to rebuild Afghanistan and at least $26
billion of it was lost to waste, fraud and abuse, according to the final
report published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction (SIGAR).
December 11, 2025
For nearly two decades the
U.S. government spent a breathtaking $145 billion on a failed plan to
rebuild Afghanistan and at least $26 billion of it was lost to waste, fraud
and abuse, according to the final report published by the Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The United States
also left behind over $38 billion in military equipment and military and
civilian infrastructure, the audit reveals, offering enraging details about
the U.S. government’s costly debacle to restore a terrorist nation that
promptly returned to Taliban rule the moment American troops left in
2021.
