The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has said that nearly $30 billion in American funds were wasted, stolen or misused during two decades of US involvement, concluding that Washington’s $145 billion state-building effort delivered only limited and fragile gains.
In its final comprehensive review before it closes next year, SIGAR said it had identified 1,327 cases of waste, fraud and abuse between 2002 and 2021, totaling between $26 billion and $29.2 billion, most of it classified as waste.
