The Pentagon's defunct Task Force for Business and Stability Operations spent $215 million on projects designed to advance extractive industries in Afghanistan, but few of these yielded appreciable results, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The report comes as the Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee prepares to hold a Jan. 20 hearing on the TFBSO amid continued SIGAR reports of alleged waste and criminal misconduct . In its most recent...
