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KABUL (SW): Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its latest report talked about the splurges of 5 billion dollars programs in Afghanistan.
The SIGAR report said that the United States spent billions of dollars on the stability of vulnerable areas in Afghanistan, however, in areas where these efforts were made, the situation reversely worsened instead.
According to the findings of SIGAR, the fundamental programs that were part of the stabilization project in different parts of Afghanistan were developed without knowing the intensity of the situations in those areas.
The report says corruption, money laundering and lack of oversight have caused the program to fail in the warring zones in the country.
The report also states that the United States was under immense pressure from 2001 to 2017 to secure Afghanistan's insecure districts and, accordingly, the United States spent "a huge amount of money" in Afghanistan to achieve this goal, while Afghanistan was not ready and did not have the capacity to absorb this enormous amount.
John Sapko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan said the military operations had an immediate but unstable result, while the stabilization process needs a lot of times. Sapko added that in contrast to military operations, the peace-building and bringing security is complex and difficult to achieve, and constantly needs attention, financing, and equipment.
The report also states that the US Department of States, Department of Defense, and the USAID have implemented the peace-building programs without knowing enough about the local institutions, the social and political context of Afghanistan and the structure of its government.
In the end, the report concludes that the United States has failed to achieve its goals to bring peace in Afghanistan and secure the country.
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