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Value Engineering is a target and requirement for US construction projects abroad. According to the 2015 United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), "The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) require value engineering for all construction projects". (Spero, 2016, p.17) Value engineering is an important aspect for projects in Afghanistan. The lack of value engineering on projects in Afghanistan causes delays and raises cost on these projects. The construction projects in Kabul, Afghanistan were lacking value engineering. The value engineering management effort is governed by the Office of Overseas Building Operations (OBO). It is their duty to ensure value engineering is implemented during all stages of the construction: planning, design, and post construction. Cost savings can be ensured only if more focus is given to value engineering during the planning, design, and post construction phases. This paper discussed how value engineering is lacked on US government construction projects in Afghanistan. The paper underlined that the US government should focus on the steps to value engineering and its proper implementation. After white papers, interviews, and official US government reports were analyzed to thoroughly assess the value engineering practices on the construction projects in Afghanistan, quantified findings were provided along with the recommendations to mitigate the lack of value engineering practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]