Airfield Contractor Denied Costs Stemming From Taliban Takeover

Airfield contractor Omran Inc. failed to show that it should be compensated $1.5 million from the US Army Corps of Engineers for construction equipment and materials lost after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a contract appeals board said in a decision released Tuesday.

Omran, which received a $31.2 million contract to design and build an airfield in Mazar-e-Sharif, alleged that the US government’s failure to make timely decisions about the project delayed the company’s ability to demobilize the equipment.

But the damages Omran seeks weren’t foreseeable at the time of the contract award, Administrative Judge David B. Stinson of the ...