Afghan ministries incapable of managing U.S. aid

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/30/afghan-ministries-incapable-of-managing-u-s-aid/



Afghan ministries incapable of managing U.S. aid
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, January 30, 2014 18:52 EST

Millions of dollars in US aid is flowing into Afghanistan even though the ministries receiving the funds are incapable of managing such large sums of money, a US official report said Thursday.

Despite moves by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to boost safeguards over direct assistance to the Afghan government, “a number of troubling issues remain,” a special watchdog found.

The US has committed some $1.6 billion in direct aid to the Afghan government this year to fund some 18 programs across 10 ministries.

But according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, “USAID contractors assessed 16 Afghan ministries and found they are unable to manage and account for funds.”




unhappycamper comment: In addition to the $1.6 billion dollars of US aid to Afghanistan this month (note article timestamp), we are still paying at least $2 billion a week to keep the occupation going.

Time to do some math:

52 weeks in a year - 4 = 48 remaining weeks this year

48 x $2 billion = $96 billion dollars for occupation costs only

Talk to your congresscritter if this pisses you off and VOTE if this really pisses you off.