🇺🇸 United States · 2015 · 🙈 Never used
One compressed-natural-gas station in northern Afghanistan. Few local cars could even use it.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
US$43 million one fuel station
Fill her up? Sure. Who’s paying?
What actually happened
The US watchdog for Afghan reconstruction reported in 2015 that a Pentagon task force spent about $43 million on the station. It said a similar station in Pakistan cost about $500,000.
Source: NBC News ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.