Monday, November 18

The 5 US companies that made the most money from the war in Afghanistan


Son muchas las empresas estadounidenses privadas que facturaron enormes cantidades de dinero, durante la guerra en Afganistán.
There are many private American companies that invoiced huge amounts of money during the war in Afghanistan.

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The conflict in Afghanistan is not only one of the longest in the history of the US Navy, but it also appears to be the most costly of the history of war conflicts in which the United States intervenes.

After the end of the past 30 with the withdrawal of the last troops present in Afghan territory, according to the project Cost of War of Brown University, and of which several American universities, the total cost of this war is estimated to be $ 2.3 billion.

Between 2001 and 2021, of the total estimated amount in costs, it is known that $ 1. 05 trillions were used to fund Afghanistan Department of Defense expenditures and operations .

On the other hand, these funds were also used to pay for the services of private companies that supported the operations of the US Army in Afghan soil.

As explained to the BBC, Linda Bilmes, a professor at Harvard University, in Afghanistan “there were twice as many contractors as there were US soldiers.”

During all this time, all kinds of services that were offered by companies paid by the Pentagon were executed in Afghanistan. Many of them billed up to billions of dollars.

Although the United States government The United States has not given an official amount of the cost of this war, academic studies have made their calculations . In this sense, the project “20 years of war ” led by Professor Heidi Peltier shared with the BBC the estimates that have been made on the largest and best companies contracts obtained in Afghanistan.

Much of the data is available on the government page usaspending.gov that since 2008 offers official information on the expenditures made by the United States government.

Companies with the best contracts in Afghanistan

  • Dyncorp International: an American military equipment company, based in Virginia. Benefited from contracts in the amount of $ 14,400 millions of dollars.
  • Fluor Corporation: a multinational engineering company, headquartered in Irving, Texas. Benefited from contracts for $ 13, 500 millions of dollars.
  • KBR Inc. (Kellogg Brown & Root) : is an engineering and construction company, based in Houston. Since World War II, he has benefited from contracts with the US Army. This time he benefited from contracts amounting to $ 3, 800 million dollars.
  • Raytheon Technologies : It is one of the largest aerospace and military manufacturers in the world, produces everything from aircraft engines to missiles, air defense systems, drones, etc. He benefited in contracts for $ 2, 500 million dollars, during the War of Afghanistan.
  • Aegis LLC: is a company that provides security and intelligence services. With the war in Afghanistan he has made a profit of $ 1, 200 million of dollars.

    • These figures, according to Peltier, mainly cover a period between 2008 and 2021. Which means that if the expense figures from 2001 are taken into account, the total cost of The war could increase.

    It was learned that all these companies obtained these contracts as part of a program called the Logistics Increase Program with Civilian personnel ( LOGCAP Logistics Civil Augmentation Program).

    On the other hand, Linda Bilmes, from Harvard University and consulted by the BBC, emphasized that other companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman benefited significantly from the war in Afghanistan.

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