US Spent $78 Million On Afghan Anti-Corruption Scheme That Failed Epically

[rangerrebew]

US Spent $78 Million On Afghan Anti-Corruption Scheme That Failed Epically
By Adam Weinstein
on August 22, 2017


Four years ago, U.S. and Afghan officials launched a $77.8 million project to track customs payments in Afghanistan electronically and crack down on financial corruption. Today, the military’s top watchdog for waste and corruption in Afghanistan released a new report that details just how thoroughly that project failed — and it suggests trouble for the White House’s latest plan to make Afghanistan stable enough to bring U.S. troops home.

http://taskandpurpose.com/us-spent-78-million-afghan-anti-corruption-scheme-failed-epically/

[Fishrrman]

This is an example of why it's a waste to send any more troops there, or remain there with the ones we have.

We did what we needed to do back in 2001.
Should have gotten out soon afterwards...