The Pentagon Has Now Classified 'Top Secret' Afghanistan's Reconstruction Data And Aid To The Afghan Military

The Pentagon is working on force structure plans for continuing to advice and assist Afghan forces well past the 2014 drawdown date previously set between NATO and the Kabul government. US Army. (US Army)

ABC News: US Military Classifies Information About Afghanistan's Troops

WNU Editor: You have to wonder why .... after  all of these years .... they have decided to change their policy.

More News On The Pentagon Classifying 'Top Secret' Afghanistan's Reconstruction Data

U.S. Suddenly Goes Quiet on Effort to Bolster Afghan Forces -- NYT
U.S. military cited for increasing classification of information on Afghan forces -- Washington Post
Top military brass classifies amount of U.S. tax dollars spent on Afghan security -- Washington Times
Top commander moves to classify data used to track Afghan spending -- Washington Times
Key data on Afghan reconstruction funding classified -- CNN
US classifies details of financial aid to Afghanistan -- RT
Suddenly, all Afghan reconstruction data made secret -- Investors.com
Billions in Afghanistan spending is now classified, and that is causing tensions in the Pentagon -- Daniel Rivero, Fusion
Why is more data on Afghanistan war being classified, former US commanders ask -- Anna Mulrine, CSM
Transparency goes on holiday in Afghanistan -- Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post
What the Pentagon is Hiding from Its Auditors -- Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times
We No Longer Know What is Happening With the War in Afghanistan -- Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat

A Look At How Western Aid In Afghanistan Has Been Wasted

Here’s How The Military Wasted Your Money In Afghanistan -- Matthew Gault, War Is Boring

Unfinished projects, unnecessary equipment, rampant corruption.

American taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion on thousands of reconstruction projects in Afghanistan—everything from new prisons, bases and barracks to weapons and airplanes for Afghan security forces.

The idea was that the U.S. would leave Afghanistan in a better state than it found it. The reality is that military and civilian officials wasted billions of dollars in reconstruction funds on incomplete, botched and unnecessary projects.

The Pentagon blew $7.6 billion fighting a war on opium, but today Afghanistan’s poppy crop is bigger than ever. The U.S. Air Force bought half a billion dollars worth of transport planes—then scrapped them for six cents a pound.

The Pentagon spent five years and $20 million renovating a dilapidated Soviet-era prison. The project still isn’t finished and the contractors now face corruption charges.

And the list of wasteful projects goes on.

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My Comment: I have always argued that unless the culture changes .... even if you pump in $1 trillion dollars .... it would still get wasted and/or stolen.