$456,669 down the drain

The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published another dispiriting report.  In 2012 we signed a fixed price contract with Qesmatullah Nasrat Construction Company (QNCC) to build a dry fire range (DFR) at the Afghan Special Police Training Center. The DFR replicates a typical Afghan village and is used to conduct simulated police search and clearance exercises. Four months after the project was completed, the DFR’s buildings began to disintegrate. Why? Because the contractor did not comply with contractual requirements and used substandard bricks and other building materials. Plus, in the words of SIGAR "this problem was compounded by poor oversight on the part of the responsible U.S. government officials." 

This is not the only botched contract in this botched war.