January 30, 2024 Quarterly Report to Congress

SIGAR’s oversight mission, as defined by the legislation, is to provide for the independent and objective • conduct and supervision of audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. [...] • leadership and coordination of, and recommendations on, policies designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of the programs and operations, and to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in such programs and operations. [...] • means of keeping the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs and operation and the necessity for and progress on corrective action. [...] (Photo by WFP in Afghanistan) 4 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL I AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN The United States remains the largest donor to the Afghan people.1 Since U. [...] REPORT TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS I JANUARY 30, 2024 9 WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN In 2022, the United States transferred $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets previously frozen in the United States to the Swiss-based Fund for the Afghan People or Afghan Fund.