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Detailed Record
Afghanistan National Army Condolence Payment
Planned Start Month
July 2011
Estimated Cost
$5,000
Status
Completed
Province
Kandahar
Regional Command
RC-South
Project Description
No project description provided.
Project Goals
The Afghan Hero payment is not an admission of legal liability or fault. Rather, these payments are gestures made by the US Armed Forces to express condolence to individuals and families. It is meant as a symbolic gesture and not as compensation for a loss.
Results
great family is happy
Updates
project complete
SOURCES
Illustrations: Sarah Way for ProPublica. Data: Assembled from several different Department of Defense databases by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction and provided to ProPublica under a Freedom of Information Act Request.