U.S. Pursues a New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan

After a tour of the country the following April, Murdock told U.S. officials he wanted to build a 25,000-acre plantation modeled after Dole's vast holdings in the Philippines. But a few months later, he concluded that transportation and security challenges made the project unsuitable for the company. U.S. Pursues a New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan

U.S. Reconstruction Spending in Afghanistan