Reuters: Afghan Firms "Pay Off Taliban With Foreign Cash"
Cash from the U.S.
military and international donors destined for construction and welfare
projects in restive parts of Afghanistan is ending up in the hands of
insurgents, a contractor and village elders said.
The alliance of largely Western nations who back President Hamid Karzai and have nearly 150,000 troops on Afghan soil have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on aid and infrastructure since they ousted the Taliban from power in late 2001.
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The alliance of largely Western nations who back President Hamid Karzai and have nearly 150,000 troops on Afghan soil have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on aid and infrastructure since they ousted the Taliban from power in late 2001.
Read the entire article here.
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