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The Pentagon went $106 million over budget to build Afghanistan’s defense headquarters


Thomson ReutersThe United States has spent $154.7 million, three times the original estimate, to build the Afghan Ministry of Defense headquarters in Kabul, according to a top federal watchdog.
The price tag for the five-story building was initially set at $48.7 million but because of “problems with the contract from the outset,” the cost mushroomed and the project took five years longer to complete than the 18 months originally planned, says a new report from the office of John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
“Not only did the Afghan National Army refuse the contractor, ITSI, a U.S. company, …read more

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