Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Reports

Congress created the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) to provide independent and objective oversight of Afghanistan reconstruction projects and activities. Under the authority of Section 1229 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (P.L. 110-181), SIGAR conducts audits and investigations to: 1) promote efficiency and effectiveness of reconstruction programs and 2) detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.

SIGAR Reports, Audits, Alerts, and Investigations

2023

• SIGAR 23-16-IP: Why the Afghan Security Forces Collapsed 28 Feb 2023
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2023 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2023

2022

• SIGAR 23-05-IP: Why the Afghan Government Collapsed 15 Nov 2022
• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2022 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2022
• SIGAR 23-02-IP: Afghan Civil Society: The Taliban's Takeover Risks Undoing 20 Years of Reconstruction Accomplishments 05 Oct 2022
• SIGAR 23-01-AR: Department of State Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program in Afghanistan: Security Concerns Prevented State from Fully Monitoring and Evaluating the Program, And Up to $32 Million in Assets May Be in the Taliban's Possession 04 Oct 2022
• SIGAR 22-35-IP: Theft of Funds from Afghanistan: An Assessment of Allegations Concerning President Ghani and Former Senior Afghan Officials (Final Report) 09 Aug 2022
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2022 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2022
• SIGAR 22-34-AR: DOD'S Salary Payments to the Afghan Ministry of Defense: DOD Did Not Use APPS as Intended and Internal Control Weaknesses Raise Questions About the Accuracy of $232 Million in Salary Payments 22 Jul 2022
• SIGAR 22-28-IP: Theft of Funds from Afghanistan: An Assessment of Allegations Concerning President Ghani and Former Senior Afghan Officials (Interim Report) 07 Jun 2022
• SIGAR 22-29-AR: Contracting with the Enemy: DOD Has Not Fully Implemented Processes Intended to Prevent Payments to Enemies of the United States 07 Jun 2022
• SIGAR-22-23-LL: Police in Conflict: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan 01 Jun 2022
• SIGAR 22-22-IP: Collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: An Assessment of the Factors That Led to Its Demise SIGAR 12 May 2022
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2022 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2022
• SIGAR-22-12-AR - DOD Efforts to Recruit, Retain, and Train Women in the Former Afghan National Defense Security Forces: DOD Could Not Show Why It Selected Specific Projects and Did Not Measure Their Effectiveness 4 Feb 2022
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2022 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2022
• SIGAR-21-14-AR - Afghan Air Forces: DOD Has Taken Steps to Develop Afghan Aviation Capability but Continued U.S. Support is Needed to Sustain Forces 12 Jan 2022

2021

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2021 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2021
• SIGAR-22-04-AR - NATO Afghan National Army Trust Fund: DOD Did Not Fulfill Monitoring and Oversight Requirements, Evaluate Project Outcomes, or Align Projects with the Former Afghan Army's Requirement Plans 15 Oct 2021
• SIGAR-22-03-AR - Conditions on Afghanistan Security Forces Funding: The Combined Security Transition Command–Afghanistan Rarely Assessed Compliance With or Enforced Funding Conditions, Then Used an Undocumented Approach 6 Oct 2021
• SIGAR-21-47-AR - Afghanistan's Anti-Corruption Efforts: Corruption Remained a Serious Problem in the Afghan Government and More Tangible Action was Required to Root It Out 31 Aug 2021
• What We Need To Learn: Lessons From Twenty Years Of Afghanistan Reconstruction SIGAR Released 18 Aug 2021
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2021 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2021
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2021 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2021
• SIGAR-21-25-HRL High-Risk List: Report highlights major sources of risk to U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan 10 Mar 2021
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2021 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2021

2020

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2020
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2020
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2020
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2020

2019

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2019 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2019
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2019 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2019
• SIGAR-19-39-LL - Divided Responsibility: Lessons From U.S. Security Sector Assistance Efforts In Afghanistan 29 Jul 2019
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2019 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2019
• High-Risk List Mar 2019
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2019 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2019

2018

• Supplement to October 2018 Quarterly Report to Congress: Power Infrastructure Map Nov 2018
• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2018
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2018
• Addendum to April 2018 Quarterly Report to Congress Jun 2018
• Supplement to April 2018 Quarterly Report to Congress May 2018
• Stabilization: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan May 2018 - The U.S. government greatly overestimated its ability to build and reform government institutions in Afghanistan as part of its stabilization strategy. The stabilization strategy and the programs used to achieve it were not properly tailored to the Afghan context, and successesin stabilizing Afghan districts rarely lasted longer than the physical presence of coalition troops and civilians.
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2018
• Addendum to January 30, 2018 Quarterly Report to Congress Feb 2018
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2018

2017

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2017 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2017
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2017 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2017
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2017 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2017
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2017 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2017
• High-Risk List Jan 2017 -- "In 2014, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) developed a High-Risk List to call attention to program areas and elements of the U.S.-funded reconstruction effort in Afghanistan that are especially vulnerable to significant waste, fraud, and abuse. This High-Risk List has been updated to identify and address systemic problems facing U.S.-funded reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The report highlights program areas where SIGAR believes implementing agencies need to focus. It also discusses how specific agencies are failing to mitigate risks in areas that involve their operations."

2016

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2016 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2016
• CORRUPTION IN CONFLICT: LESSONS FROM THE U.S. EXPERIENCE IN AFGHANISTAN
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, September 2016 [released 07 October 2016]
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2016 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2016
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2016 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2016
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2016 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2016

2015

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2015 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2015
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2015 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2015
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2015 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2015
• SIGAR Report to Congress: Supplement to the January 30, 2015 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2015
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2015 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2015

2014

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2014 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2014
• Counternarcotics Police of Afghanistan: U.S. Assistance to Provincial Units Cannot Be Fully Tracked and Formal Capability Assessments Are Needed 29 OCtober 2014
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2014 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2014
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2014 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2014
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2014 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2014

2013

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2013 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2013
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2013 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2013
• SIGAR SP-13-7 Management Alert: Command and Control Facility at Camp Leatherneck 8 Jul 2013
• SIGAR Audit 13-13: Afghan Special Mission Wing: DOD Moving Forward with $771.8 Million Purchase of Aircraft that the Afghans Cannot Operate and Maintain Jun 2013
• SIGAR Response to Honorable Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 20 May 2013
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2013 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2013
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2013 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2013

2012

• SIGAR Audit 13-1: Afghan National Security Forces Facilities: Concerns with Funding, Oversight, and Sustainability for Operation and Maintenance Oct 2012
• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2012 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2012
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2012 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2012
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2012 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2012
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2012 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2012

2011

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2011 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2011
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2011 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2011
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2011 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2011
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2011 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2011

2010

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2010 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2010
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2010 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2010
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2010 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2010
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2010 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2010

2009

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2009 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2009
• SIGAR Report to Congress: July 30, 2009 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jul 2009
• SIGAR Report to Congress: April 30, 2009 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Apr 2009
• SIGAR Report to Congress: January 30, 2009 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Jan 2009

2008

• SIGAR Report to Congress: October 30, 2008 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress 30 Oct 2008