US spent $43 million on gas station in Afghanistan: Report

‘The US Defense Department spent $43 million of American taxpayers’ money to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost roughly $500,000, according to a new government watchdog report.

One of the most “troubling” issues is how the Pentagon was unable or unwilling to explain why the “ill-conceived” project was so expensive, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report issued Monday.

“Even considering security costs associated with construction and operation in Afghanistan, this level of expenditure appears gratuitous and extreme,” said John Sopko, the director of SIGAR.’

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