Reuters: Afghanistan Graft Sharply Up As Insurgency Grows Too
Afghanistan's
government came under fresh pressure on Thursday to tackle widespread
graft after a survey found soaring corruption was giving political
strength to Taliban insurgents ahead of a fresh U.S. and NATO war push.
Corruption in the country had more than doubled since 2007 and nine years after the start of the war to oust the Taliban, was now at levels well above fundamentalist rule, costing $1 billion a year in an $11 billion economy.
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Corruption in the country had more than doubled since 2007 and nine years after the start of the war to oust the Taliban, was now at levels well above fundamentalist rule, costing $1 billion a year in an $11 billion economy.
Read the entire article here.
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