The U.S. Spent Half A Million Dollars On An Afghan Police Training Center That "Melted"

A report by an Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog called the U.S. project “embarrassing” and a “waste of taxpayers’ money.”

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The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in its report that the police training center's dry fire range (DFR) commissioned by the U.S. government began to disintegrate within four months of its completion in 2012.

The report said that the Afghan contractor, Qesmatullah Nasrat Construction Company, failed to adhere to contractual requirements and used substandard construction materials, which led to the buildings "melting" away.

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