The U.S. spent billions to rebuild Afghanistan. Was it successful?
A new report from U.S. government watchdog SIGAR gives us the fullest accounting yet of U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
In short, they call it "a two-decade long effort fraught with waste.”
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A new report from U.S. government watchdog SIGAR gives us the fullest accounting yet of U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
In short, they call it "a two-decade long effort fraught with waste.”
Each week, Consider This hosts interview newsmakers, experts, and artists for NPR — conversations we don’t always have time to share fully in the podcast or on the radio. So every other week we share one here, for our NPR+ supporters.
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