The report recommends that the military award the trucking contracts and security contracts separately.
At that price, they argue, it costs them more to buy fuel than they earn from trucking contracts.
Mr. Wardak has been accused of directing lucrative NATO trucking contracts to his son, a charge he has denied, while Mr. Mohammadi is seen as favoring fellow Tajiks from northern Afghanistan.
The annual military budget now stands at nearly $120 billion and includes large amounts for development projects, more than $600 million in trucking contracts for Afghans to supply the NATO troops and nearly $12 billion annually to pay for Afghanistan's security forces.
Among the workers who were taking bribes to dole out trucking contracts was John (Quarters) Boyle, a member of a pro-Daley campaign group who had been hired despite having been convicted of stealing four million dollars — in nickels, dimes, and quarters — while overseeing toll booths.
In short, of these $2.2 billion in US taxpayer-funded trucking contracts to supply American troops, somewhere between $220 million and $440 million ends up in the hands of the Taliban and other insurgents.
According to The Guardian, US military-funded trucking contracts to supply American troops are funneled through 6 private Afghani trucking companies each of which has a $360 million contract of American taxpayer money for a 2-year total of $2.2 billion or 10% of Afghanistan's gross domestic product.
Less than two years after Mr. Levinson recommended that Ford receive the electric postal truck contract, the company pulled the vehicles out of service, saying batteries were not available, and substituted gasoline-powered Windstar vans.
Government auditors on Monday upheld protests over the award of a military truck contract worth up to $3.5 billion to the Oshkosh Corporation and recommended that the Army re-evaluate parts of the bids.
