Friday, July 30, 2010

Petraeus Pulling Strings in Afghanistan

"Petraeus takes on Afghan corruption; Boosts effort as bribery pervades" by Joshua Partlow, Washington Post | July 30, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan — “ . . . there is a new sense of urgency,’’ said a NATO military official who participates in the morning briefing....

In addition to fielding two new teams in Afghanistan to study how American money is spent through reconstruction and security contracts, the US Embassy in Kabul is preparing a proposal that would require the Afghan government to meet anticorruption benchmarks to receive US funds....

So when are we going to get some of our own around here, 'eh, Americans?

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Also see:
The OverBearing Government of Afghanistan

They only learned it from us, America.