Report shows billions wasted on Afghanistan

WASHINGTON D.C.: As Afghanistan prepares to hand over power to a new president and US combat forces depart, the United States’ special inspector general for the war-torn country paints a bleak picture of its long-term prospects in a new report to Congress.

The report, of which McClatchy (MCT) obtained an embargoed copy before its Wednesday release, said corruption is so widespread in Afghanistan that it threatens the United States’ long-term reconstruction effort.