{"id":51709,"date":"2019-06-23T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/23\/bad-spending-oversight-hampers-afghan-troops-says-us-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:24:59","slug":"bad-spending-oversight-hampers-afghan-troops-says-us-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/06\/23\/bad-spending-oversight-hampers-afghan-troops-says-us-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad spending oversight hampers Afghan troops, says US watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 A lack of coordinated oversight of America\u2019s spending in Afghanistan has led to a waste of funds and hampered training and development of the country\u2019s security forces, according to a watchdog group that monitors billions of dollars in U.S. aid to the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. has so far spent more than $84 billion dollars on Afghan forces over the last 17 years but those forces continue to suffer staggering losses and bleed personnel. Soldiers go home on leave and never return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report from Washington\u2019s Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction<\/a>, or SIGAR, released late Thursday painted a troubling picture of a costly Afghan security development scheme, with multiple supervising U.S. and NATO departments that don\u2019t coordinate with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report said the \u201csecurity sector assistance mission in Afghanistan lacked an enduring and comprehensive plan\u201d from the start. <\/p>\n\n\n\t