91 pc of aid provided to 60 audited projects in Afghanistan misallocated, says study
Oct 30, 2021
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 30 : As per the study of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), 91 per cent of aid provided to 60 audited projects in Afghanistan is wasted or misallocated.
"In 2021, SIGAR audited a sample of 60 US infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, and it found that USD 723.8 million, or 91 per cent, had gone towards assets that were unused or abandoned, were not used as intended, had deteriorated, were destroyed, or some combination of the above," SIGAR said in a recent report.
SIGAR said that the reconstruction projects were not properly completed, reported Tolo News.
The study had previously expressed concerns over the existence of high-level of corruption in the former Afghan government's institutions.
Economic experts said administrative corruption in the former government was the main reason for the waste of foreign countries' investment in Afghanistan, reported Tolo News.
"The projects supported by the international community's aid were not completed properly. The projects were involved in corruption and these projects didn't add to any permanent infrastructure," said Sayed Hakim Kamal, a political analyst. "The contracts for these projects were a mistake."
