KABUL: The planes bought by the United States for Afghanistan worth more than 500 million were sold for only 40,000
According to a foreign news agency, the latest report of the US Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction has revealed that 16 of the 20 transport planes purchased for the Afghan army worth more than 500 million have failed in just a few years. Sold for just 40 40,000, the planes were bought from Italy for Afghanistan.
The report states that the reusable 20G222 aircraft were purchased from Italy for the Afghan Armed Forces at a cost of 54 549 million. Sixteen of them were sold for 40,000 in just a few years after being declared scrap or inoperable, while four planes are still parked at a US airport in Germany.
The report states that the US Department of Justice issued a notification in May 2020 stating that no one would be prosecuted for failing in the G222 aircraft program, and now the notification No one will be charged or charged in this case.
From November 2009 to March 2013, 16 aircraft were flown to Kabul International Airport, while four were flown to Ramstein Military Airport in Germany, which is still there, aircraft repair experts revealed.
There are also security concerns, while the procurement contract also agreed that the company would assist in the complete maintenance, repair, spare parts, and pilot training of the aircraft, but the contract scrapped the aircraft in 2014. Dismissed for selling.
Dozens of construction projects in Afghanistan, including schools, hospitals, and power plants, have been destroyed either due to government neglect, misuse, substandard construction work, or war, the report said.
The tongues are suffering. According to the Inspector General's report, US-funded reconstruction projects in Afghanistan worth 4 2.4 billion have been ruined.
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