Afghanistan, March 1 -- The US government spent more than $2.4 billion on capital assets that were unused or abandoned, were not used for their intended purposes, had deteriorated, or were destroyed, a US watchdog says in a new report released on Feb. 24.

US watchdog in its report says, United States has spent more than 2.4 billion on unused or abandoned capital assets.

US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported that of nearly $7.8 billion in capital assets $2.4 billion is wasted and had not been used for intended purposes, the assets remained unused, abandoned, or were destroyed.

According to SIGAR more than $1.2 billion out of the $7.2 billion in assets were used as intended, and $343.2 million out of ...