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Following the escape of former president of #Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and reports of him taking millions of $ with himself, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (#SIGAR), stated that Ghani left the country with less than $1 million. (1/6) 
The report says that “evidence indicates that this number did not exceed $1 million and may have been closer in value to $500,000”, of which most of the money, is believed to be government operating budgets managed at the palace. (2/6)
According to the report, a suitcase belonging to General Qaher Kochai, chief of PPS carried the monthly discretionary cash budget for the PPS around $200,000 and another backpack from Rafi Fazli, Deputy National Security Advisor contained $240,000, retrieved from the (3/6)
The university graduated 1,281 Afghan degree students over the past decade, at a cost of $126,000 each to American taxpayers, or a total of $162 million.
Missing Millions Put an American-Funded Afghan College Under Scrutiny nyti.ms/2I8WEXx
Missing Millions Put an American-Funded Afghan College Under Scrutiny nyti.ms/2I8WEXx
Now, U.S. govt investigators say they cannot account for $63 million (more than a third) of those funds.
Apparently, it would have been cheaper to send every graduate to study in U.S than it cost to educate them at the American University of #Afghanistan A.U.A.F
Apparently, it would have been cheaper to send every graduate to study in U.S than it cost to educate them at the American University of #Afghanistan A.U.A.F
#SIGAR head said agency faced resistance in conducting the audit. “In seven years of investigating government contractors and grant recipients in #Afghanistan, this is one of the worst-run programs I have ever seen,” Mr. Sopko said.
#US military will no longer publish info on districts under control of #Afghan gov't with US command saying 'they no longer saw decision-making value in these data' according to #SIGAR
This was one of the mast metrics available for measuring progress!
foxnews.com/us/us-military…
This was one of the mast metrics available for measuring progress!
foxnews.com/us/us-military…
The move fits a trend of less information being released about the war in recent years, often at the insistence of the Afghan gov't, which had previously stopped U.S. military from disclosing the number of Afghans killed in battle as well as overall attrition within the #ANDSF
I don't think it makes sense, Sopko said. The Afghans know which districts are controlled by the Taliban. The TB obviously know which districts they control. Our military knows it. Everybody in Afghanistan knows it. The only people who don't know what's going on are US taxpayers.
The US has spent $1.5m (£1.15m) a day since 2001 fighting the opium war in Afghanistan, totalling $9bn.
This is on top of the $1 trillion fighting the war itself.
How the US military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost bbc.com/news/world-us-…
This is on top of the $1 trillion fighting the war itself.
How the US military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Despite these effort poppy production in #Afghanistan has been rising steadily with Afghanistan now producing 90% of world supplies.
#SIGAR head John Sopko has called the country a #NarcoState with production & cultivation in both gov't-controlled areas & contested areas.
#SIGAR head John Sopko has called the country a #NarcoState with production & cultivation in both gov't-controlled areas & contested areas.
Opium now accounts for around a third of Afghanistan's GDP, he says. It is by far the country's biggest cash crop and provides almost 600,000 full-time jobs.
Outgoing U.S. commander General Nicholson made targeting of heroin labs his strategic priority, vowing to hit #Taliban $.
Outgoing U.S. commander General Nicholson made targeting of heroin labs his strategic priority, vowing to hit #Taliban $.
