{"id":53654,"date":"2018-03-23T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/23\/dod-ig-31-billion-in-funding-to-afghanistan-improperly-managed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:19:27","slug":"dod-ig-31-billion-in-funding-to-afghanistan-improperly-managed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/03\/23\/dod-ig-31-billion-in-funding-to-afghanistan-improperly-managed\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD IG: $3.1 billion in funding to Afghanistan improperly managed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. officials did not effectively manage $3.1 billion of U.S. funds provided to the Afghan government<\/a>, according to the Department of Defense Inspector General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report released Wednesday<\/a> was the last in a series of DoD IG audits that identified \u201csystemic challenges\u201d in how officials oversee funding to the government of Afghanistan<\/a> for fuel, ammunition, vehicles, and other commodities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one such instance of misuse, \u201cofficials did not implement controls to properly account for and maintain vehicles provided by the DoD to [Afghan National Defense and Security Forces<\/a>],\u201d or ANDSF, according to the report..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor example, an ANDSF vehicle that was reported as destroyed in battle and removed from the property books, was later brought in for maintenance,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with Afghanistan’s Minister of Interior Affairs Mohammad Jahid and Afghanistan’s Minister of Defense Abdullah Habibi at the Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the DoD spent roughly $21 million to replace engines and transmissions on vehicles in Afghanistan because U.S. officials \u201cdid not provide sufficient training to the Afghan National Police to independently maintain its fleet of vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another revelation, the DoD IG noted that since 2005, U.S. officials \u201cobtained approximately 95,000 vehicles for the ANDSF,\u201d however \u201cofficials did not have an accurate inventory of the vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. officials could not determine the types and quantities of vehicles transferred to Afghan forces, nor did they have controls in place to ensure that Afghan Ministry of the Interior<\/a> and Ministry of Defense<\/a> officials consistently followed property accountability procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\t