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Billions wasted due to graft in Afghanistan: Sopko

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KABUL as Americans have failed to eradicate corruption and built infrastructure without consulting local leaders, a US watchdog says.  

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko said in an interview the cost of the US-funded reconstruction effort exceeded the cost of the Marshall Plan.

He told The Hill’s new morning show the reconstruction campaign had suffered from a misguided belief that Afghans had the same needs as Americans.

“We can't rebuild it . . .

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