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Afghanistan’s ‘Pentagon’ Comes In Three Times Over Budget, Five Years Late

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

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Afghanistan’s ‘Pentagon’ Comes In Three Times Over Budget, Five Years Late

Afghanistan Ministry of Defense Building in Kabul. (SIGAR)

Afghanistan’s military headquarters, equivalent to the Pentagon, required three times the original estimated cost and took five years longer to build than anticipated, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).The five-story Ministry of Defense building in Kabul “generally met contract requirements and appears well built,” the reports says. It was designed to house a national command center, administration space, dining facilities, bathrooms, secure garage, a 1,000-seat auditorium, a waste water treatment plant, and a…

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