The report describes the activities of the U.S. Government in support of OES, as well as the work of the DoD, the Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to further the U.S. Government’s policy goals in Afghanistan. This report also discusses the planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the Lead IG agencies—the DoD, State, and USAID OIGs—and our partner oversight agencies. This report submitted by the Lead Inspector General for Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES) summarizes the events that took place in Afghanistan from July to December, including the status of terrorist organizations, such as ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), al-Qaeda, and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as well as U.S. diplomatic and humanitarian efforts related to Afghanistan.
The United States stopped providing assistance to Afghanistan following executive orders and subsequent guidance issued by President Trump in January and April, 2025. In total, 27 USAID programs in or related to Afghanistan, including those providing life-saving humanitarian assistance, were shut down.93 Three programs initially among those terminated on April 5, were subsequently allowed to resume and were transferred to State administration effective July 1, 2025. State reported that it did not hire former USAID staff to manage Afghan related programs. State said that there are no longer USAID-owned goods or equipment in Afghanistan; the remaining USAID equipment and goods were transferred to implementing partners or other entities, or destroyed.
To fulfill the congressional mandate to report on OES, the DoD, State, and USAID OIGs gather data and information from Federal agencies and open sources. In our previous report, USAID staff identified challenges and risks with U.S. assistance programs in Ukraine. During the reporting period, USAID OIG followed up on the previously reported risks and challenges; however, staffing cuts at USAID and the ongoing operational drawdown at the agency limited the amount of information that USAID OIG could collect on USAID activities.
Operation Enduring Sentinel FY2026 Q1 July 1, 2025–December 31, 2025 In-Brief