The US has failed to offer any justification for hundreds of billions of dollars spent on propping up the Afghan government, as the Taliban control large swaths of the country, where the value of opium has dramatically increased.
A federal watchdog of the American administration, which has spent over $714bn in the past 15 years supporting Afghan armed forces and building infrastructure, said on Tuesday the value of opium had doubled in a year.
In a its latest quarterly report, the Special Inspector General for
