STREETS OF MARJAH - U.S. Marines patrol the streets of Marjah, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2010, The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin S. O'BrienWaste In U.S. Afghan Aid Seen At Billions Of Dollars -- Yahoo News/Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Waste and fraud in U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan while fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban may have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, a special investigator said on Monday.
Arnold Fields, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said the cost of U.S. assistance funding diverted or squandered since 2002 could reach "well into the millions, if not billions, of dollars."
Read more ....
More News On Afghanistan
NATO denies US military pushing for Pakistan raids -- AP
NATO denies having plans for raids inside Pakistan -- L.A. Times
NATO denies planning to conduct operation against militants in Pakistan -- Xinhuanet
NATO Denies Report US Is Weighing Special Ops in Pakistan -- Aol.News
NATO denies report that US commanders in Afghanistan pushing for raids into Pakistan -- Baltimore Sun
NATO denies report of US push for expanded raids in Pakistan -- Christian Science Monitor
U.S. troops may expand raids into Pakistan -- UPI
Militants in Pakistan find new hideouts to avert military operation -- Press TV (Iran)
Pakistan: ‘No foreign troops can operate on our soil’ -- Dawn/AFP
NATO service member killed in southern Afghanistan -- Washington Post/AP
Foreign troop deaths in Afghanistan top 700 in 2010: site -- AFP
Afghan civilian casualties up 20 percent: U.N. report -- Reuters
Afghan Army Training Slowly Working -- CBS News
West hasn't adequately armed Afghan forces, Karzai spokesman says -- L.A. Times
US embassy cables: Taliban using opium stocks like savings nest egg -- The Guardian
WikiLeaks cables: 'Taliban treats heroin stocks like savings accounts' -- The Guardian
Taliban's Cash Flow Grows From Heroin Trade, Crime -- NPR
Afghanistan delivers a belated, muted criticism of Obama's war review -- Washington Post
Afghanistan to Convene Parliament, Reacts to US Policy Review -- Voice of America
Danish camera enters the heart of Afghan combat -- Space War
Afghan sex practices concern U.S., British forces -- Washington Examiner
U.S. contractor jailed in Afghanistan, accused of owing money to vendors -- Washington Post
Gauging the price tag for Afghanistan's security -- Washington Post
'Tough year ahead in Afghanistan' -- Press Association
Analysis: In Afghan war, U.S. finds fighting may be easy part -- Reuters
Heroism is no substitute for an Afghan strategy -- Max Hastings, Financial Times