A new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has criticized the U.S. rebuilding effort in Afghanistan, saying most of the infrastructure projects funded for that country in fiscal year 2011 are behind schedule and don't include adequate measures to ensure the projects can continue and stay in place for the long term.
The special IG, John F. Sopko, wrote in the July 30 report, “More than 10 years after international intervention in Afghanistan—and nearly nine years since the U.S. government began focusing efforts to build Afghanistan’s infrastructure—the U.S. government, the international community, and the Afghan government continue to face challenges in implementing programs to build basic infrastructure, particularly those efforts aimed at providing power to the largest cities and the most critical areas in Afghanistan.”