The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in southern Kandahar province has officially finished operating with its responsibilities handed over to Afghan authority, the provincial governor said Sunday.
Its legacy has been tainted by an unsatisfied local government whose criticisms over the years have pointed to poorly implemented projects and squandered funds.
"The Provincial Reconstruction Team of Kandahar did not do many of the works it was supposed to do. We have criticised their activities for the past few years," governor Toryalai Wesa said at a press conference in Kandahar city.
Wesa said that the PRT had obtained large amounts of funds for reconstruction projects in the province but it had not spend them well. He also alleged that the team had backed local warlords whose rise will lead to the destruction of the province.
The Afghan government has also previously criticised PRTs around the country for their failed objectives.
President Hamid Karzai has decreed for PRTs to close following accusations that many of them have not acted in coordination with the government.
The PRT in Kandahar was run under the jurisdiction of the US. About 27 PRTs were set up in different provinces of Afghanistan.