Washington: The U.S. Army is under scrutiny for constructing a $36 million complex in Afghanistan that sits empty now.
According to a reports published in Washington Post a 64,000-square-foot building in Camp Leatherneck in the southwestern Afghanistan which cost US $36 millionto built is of no use to it.
According to reports the complex has not been used by US Army, News paper reported that the building was apparently erected in 2010 against the recommendations of the top Marine Corps commander in the region, then-Maj. Gen. Richard Mills but then-Maj. Gen. Peter Vangjel overrode Mills' objections. According to reports Maj. Gen. Peter Vangjel and is now the Army's top inspector general tasked with ferreting out wasteful spending in the service.
According to the reports the building can accommodate 1,500 people.It contains spacious offices, a briefing theater and an operations center with tiered seating.
As U.S. is considering withdrawing entirely from Afghanistan by the end of next year the building has become a “white elephant” that the Afghan government may not be able to use once U.S. forces withdraw.
