With the imminent arrival of a new administration and Congress in the U.S, which will inherit a 15-year, $115 billion USD investment in Afghanistan, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR) has rendered a High-Risk List.
SIGAR states the list outlines critical areas threatening reconstruction in Afghanistan and is for the new administration and Congress to consider when crafting policies.
The report stated the “price has been high”.
It said since 2001, 2,247 U.S military personnel have died and more than 20,000 have been wounded in Afghanistan. Adjusted for inflation, the U.S has spent more on Afghanistan’s reconstruction than it did on the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe after World War II and that reconstructing Afghanistan has been the largest expenditure to rebuild a single country in our nation’s history.
The report also stated that reconstruction challenges remain and that the Afghan security forces are not yet capable of providing security for the whole country.
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