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IG Finds U.S Wasted US$43 Million On Useless Gas Facility

November 03 2015

Afghanistan

A U.S. watchdog has revealed that that the Pentagon spent US$43 million on a natural-gas station in Afghanistan that was of no use to Afghans, reports USA Today.

A Pentagon task force, which was created to help increase economic development, initially awarded a US$3 million contract to construct the natural-gas station in Sheberghan, the capital of Jowzjan province, said the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) on Monday.

The construction costs then...

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