Afghanistan: US Lost $60 Million on Afghan Power Project That Doesn't Work

Apr 4, 2018 | Nina Burleigh, Newsweek
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The  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has spent $60 million trying to bring power to remote parts of Afghanistan, but has produced an unusable high voltage system with towers in danger of collapse on land where Afghans live and farm and that may put Afghan lives at risk, according to a report released today by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).