money landed in the hands of the Taliban in exchange for a tacit cease-fire during road construction $5 million per mile, largely because of the cost of providing security for construction workers. The last 15 miles are slated to be completed this year. “Wherever the road ends, that’s where the Taliban starts,” said then-U.S. commander Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry in 2006. The U.S. military and USAID funded more than $2 billion in roads – one of the largest American investments in Afghanistan. A host of foreign donors, particularly Germany, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, also poured billions into construction. Money laundering through corrupt and incompetent institutions would waste hard earned taxpayers resources. We know who will ultimately gain from these financial schemes except people of Afghanistan.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:52:11 +0000
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