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Afghans Suffer Low Electrification Rate Despite $3Bln US Power Projects

© AFP 2023 / WAKIL KOHSARAn Afghan electrician man repairs old power lines on a hillside in Kabul on March 1, 2014
An Afghan electrician man repairs old power lines on a hillside in Kabul on March 1, 2014 - Sputnik International
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The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that some three billion dollars of US investment wasted because of corruption, fraud and mismanagement.

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Corruption Threatens US $100Bln Effort to Rebuild Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Some three billion dollars of US investment to bring electricity to homes in Afghanistan has been added to a litany of reconstruction spending wasted because of corruption, fraud and mismanagement, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a press release.

"Delivering electricity to the poor and war-torn country has proven almost as much of a struggle as delivering security," the release, issued on Friday, stated.

The release noted that homes of one in three Afghans are connected to a power grid and that $3 billion in power projects funded by the United States since 2002 had done little to increase the availability of electricity.

SIGAR has previously reported that much of $113 billion the United States has invested in Afghan since 2002 has disappeared due to poor oversight, mismanagement, fraud and corruption.

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