The US Special Inspector General's final report on 20 years of Afghanistan war and reconstruction has been released, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.
According to the report, ignoring the Afghan government in the US-Taliban Doha talks led to the weakening of the state structure.
From 2002 to 2021, the US allocated $144.7 billion for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Of the amount allocated for reconstruction, $137.3 billion was spent.
Reconstruction spending on Afghanistan was higher than Europe’s Marshall Plan after World War II.
The corruption of the Afghan governments proved to be the biggest obstacle to reconstruction.
The US spent an additional $763 billion on war operations in Afghanistan.
Afghan security forces could not end their dependence on foreign forces even after spending $90 billion.
Afghan forces quickly disintegrated as soon as the US withdrew.
Thousands of ghost employees remained in Afghan security institutions.
Fuel allocated for Afghan forces was stolen on a large scale.
As many as 147,000 vehicles and thousands of military equipment were purchased for Afghan forces.
Not less than 427,300 weapons and 162 aircraft were provided to Afghan forces.
Military equipment worth $7.1 billion was left in Afghanistan after the withdrawal.
World Bank and Asian Development Bank pledge $12.16 billion for Afghanistan.
Despite spending $7.3 billion on counter-narcotics programmes, they remained ineffective.
Results remained disappointing even after spending $4.7 billion on stabilization programmes.
More than 2,450 US soldiers died in the Afghanistan war while 20,700 were injured.
About $14.2 billion was allocated for the transfer of Afghan refugees to the US after the withdrawal.
After the fall of Kabul, the US provided $3.83 billion in aid to the Taliban government in 4 years.
In just one quarter of March 2025, $120 million was provided to the Taliban.
After US withdrawal, global donors gave $8.1 billion to UN-run projects after 2015.
Six projects worth $1.5 billion are active under the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund.
Taliban government continued to collect taxes and levies on aid.
Reporter: Ahmad Mansoor