Overview
- The report concludes that U.S.-supplied equipment, weapons and facilities left after the 2021 withdrawal now form the core of the Taliban’s security apparatus.
- The Department of Defense assessed that about $7.1 billion in material provided to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan when the former government collapsed.
- Congress appropriated approximately $144.7 billion for reconstruction from 2002 to 2021, with nearly $90 billion directed to security-sector assistance.
- SIGAR estimates $26 billion to $29.2 billion was lost to waste, fraud or abuse and documents 1,327 cases of misuse, mismanagement or corruption.
- The report says the Afghan forces were built as a mirror of U.S. forces, creating dependencies that contributed to their rapid collapse, and notes the U.S. has continued billions in humanitarian and development aid with some benefits flowing to Taliban authorities.