April 30, 2024 Quarterly Report to Congress

• 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. [...] Since the fall of the Afghan government in 2021, SIGAR has interviewed members of the Afghan diaspora in the United States and overseas about the current situation and their previous work in Afghanistan prior to the Taliban takeover. [...] 2 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL I AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN -------- 1WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN REPORT TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS I APRIL 30, 2024 3 WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS DOING IN AFGHANISTAN SINETCRUORDIUTYC ATINODN GCOVNETRENATSNCE CONTENTS What the United States is Doing in Afghanistan 5 KUE. [...] REPORT TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS I APRIL 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.