SIGAR

SIGAR oversight Activities
For more than 10 years, DOD, including the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), and USAID have implemented several concurrent
projects associated with the Kajaki Dam. The focus of these efforts was to
help the Afghan government improve electricity generation and distribution
to southern Afghanistan in order to promote stability, economic development,
and public confidence in the Afghan government. These projects
include construction and structural repairs of the dam, rehabilitating the
existing turbine generators, installing an additional turbine generator,
and connecting transmission lines and substations to improve the dam’s
capacity to deliver reliable and sustainable electric power. Despite the significant
investment the U.S. government has already made, and the loss of
scores of U.S. and Coalition lives in the process, the Kajaki Dam has been
plagued by problems, remains incomplete, and has yet to provide sufficient
and sustained power to southern Afghanistan, particularly Helmand and
Kandahar Provinces.
This audit will examine U.S. government efforts to increase the supply,
quantity, and distribution of electric power from the Kajaki Dam.
Specifically, the audit will:
1. Identify the projects the U.S. government has implemented since
2001, and any planned projects, to increase the supply, quantity,
and distribution of electrical power from the Kajaki Dam, and their
associated costs;
2. Assess the extent to which the completed and ongoing projects related
to the Kajaki Dam have achieved or are achieving their expected
outcomes and broader U.S. objectives;
3. Assess the extent to which U.S. agencies monitored and evaluated
the progress and quality of the work performed to enhance the power
generation capacity of the Kajaki Dam;
4. Determine the extent to which the enhancement of the Kajaki Dam
remains economically and strategically viable; and
5. Assess the extent to which U.S. agencies and the Afghan government
have planned and implemented efforts to operate, maintain, and sustain
the Kajaki Dam over the long-term.
Task Force for Business and Stability Operations Programs
and Activities in Afghanistan
The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations was a DOD organization
that administered initiatives to assist the Commander of U.S.
Forces–Afghanistan and the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in supporting
U.S. security interests. TFBSO pursued three broad objectives: (1) restoring
productive capacity in the Afghan economy wherever possible, across
all industrial sectors; (2) stimulating economic growth; and (3) serving
as a catalyst for private investment in Afghanistan by linking the international
business community with Afghan business leaders and government
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Special inspector general I Afghanistan reconstruction