More Fraud And Waste In Afghanistan

$7.3 Million Camp For Afghan Police Found Nearly Empty: Inspectors -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A $7.3 million base camp built to house 175 Afghan Border Police was sitting virtually empty two months after it was handed over to Afghan authorities, and some equipment like wood-burning stoves had been dismantled, U.S. inspectors reported on Tuesday.

The facility, located in Kunduz Province, consisted of 12 buildings, including a dining hall, that were contracted by the Army Corps of Engineers and completed September 3, 2012, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

Inspectors who visited the site to ensure construction by Omran Construction, Consulting and Engineering Co was carried out according to contract found only a dozen Afghan personnel at the camp and nearly all of the buildings locked, SIGAR reported.

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My Comment: I would like to believe that this is just an isolated incident .... but knowing that Afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world .... I suspect that this is more the rule rather than the exception.