Taxpayers Footing Bill For Unused $85M ‘Ghost Hotel’ In Afghanistan

‘The Marriott Hotel in Afghanistan was supposed to be a 209-room, five-star hotel next to a 150-unit luxury apartment complex. But the two buildings, adjacent to the U.S. embassy in Kabul, were never completed, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
Now abandoned and uninhabitable, the buildings are costing American taxpayers, who must pay for U.S. embassy personnel to secure the site. What could have been a top hotel and apartment complex now pose a security threat to the U.S. embassy.’

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