The U.S. government’s watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction efforts is sounding the alarm over seven high-risk areas that could spell trouble for U.S. efforts to help rebuild the country after 2014.
Corruption tops the list.
In its first-ever “high-risk list” to be made public Wednesday, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko highlights the seven “areas and elements” of U.S.-funded reconstruction “that are especially vulnerable to significant waste, fraud and abuse.”