Of the approximately $145 billion the U.S. government spent trying to rebuild Afghanistan, about $83 billion went to developing and sustaining its army and police forces, according to the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
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Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely in some cases without a shot fired that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turned out to be the Taliban. They grabbed not only political power but also U.S.-supplied firepower guns, ammunition, helicopters…
Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely that the ultimate beneficiary of the American.
Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely that the ultimate beneficiary of the American.