US watchdog slams $500-a-gallon fuel for Afghan hospital

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US watchdog slams $500-a-gallon fuel for Afghan hospital (via AFP)

A US-funded project to build a hospital in Afghanistan paid $500 a gallon for fuel instead of a market rate of $5, a watchdog said Wednesday in a damning report into overspending and waste. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction…

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