Your Tax Dollars at Work: U.S. Paid $6.8 Million to “Maintain” Non-Functioning Afghan Police Vehicles

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“Wasteful spending on Afghanistan’s security has continued to plague the U.S. government, with the latest revelation of nearly $7 million spent to maintain police vehicles that either were destroyed or inoperable.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) conducted an audit of a $350 million contract awarded to the Dubai-based firm Automotive Management Services (A-M-S). SIGAR uncovered $6.8 million was reportedly spent performing maintenance on 7,324 Afghan police vehicles that were not in service.

SIGAR did not report finding evidence of willful misreporting, “a common occurrence in Afghanistan, which is among the world’s most corrupt countries,” wrote Ernesto Londoño in The Washington Post.

“The taxpayers and the success of our mission are at risk when contracts such as this are executed without proper planning and oversight,” SIGAR chief John F. Sopko said in a statement….”