Military Wastes $34m On Lavish HQ On An Afghan Base That Will NEVER BE USED As U.S. Troops Are Sent Home -- Daily Mail
* A two-story facility was built on Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan in spite of official warnings that it was unnecessary
* Now a special inspector general is looking into why the building process went ahead anyway, and what will come of it now
* Building is too costly for the Afghan army to maintain, and the outlets won't even work for their equipment because they are American plugs
* Just one of a handful of similar expensive projects that were laid to waste
The U.S. military has spent $34million building a state-of-the-art building on a base in southern Afghanistan that no American soldiers will ever use.
Military officials warned that the proposed building was an example of wasteful spending three years ago when the construction began but their warnings went unheeded and the contractors built the expansive two-story facility anyway.
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More News On A New Military HQ That Will Not Be Used In Afghanistan
Investigation after US military spends $34 million on unused building in Afghanistan -- NBC
Report: U.S. Wasted $34 Million on 'White Elephant' Afghan HQ -- US News and World Report
US Military Admits New Afghanistan Base Unlikely to be Used -- Voice of America
Military dumps $34M into Afghanistan HQ that US forces won't use -- FOX News
Pentagon Builds Never-Used Afghan Headquarters as Troops Depart -- SFGate/Bloomberg
Defense Department spent $34 million on unused facility amid furlough panic -- Daily Caller
Empty HQ in Afghanistan called example of waste in U.S. military construction -- Marine Times
US wastes $34M on base in Afghanistan it will never use -- Khaama Press
U.S. Blew $34 Million on Unused Afghan Facility Now Likely to Be Torn Down -- Atlantic Wire
‘The finest poppy storage warehouse ever built for the Afghan army’ -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
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