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| West Source of Corruption Says Afghan Government |
| 2010-08-24 |
| Afghanistan government has blamed the United States and its western allies for most of the corruption in the war-ravaged country. If it wasn't for all this kool kash, we'd be right as rain! Presidential Spokesman Omer Waheed says Afghanistan's foreign partners have paved the grounds for creation of economic mafias. "Our international partners provided the ground for some people in Afghanistan to become unbelievably rich. Some people (have) become an economic mafia in Afghanistan," Waheed said. He says security deals between US-led forces and private security firms operating in Afghanistan top the corrupt contracts. "One of those is private security companies who have earned billions of dollars in contracts and are threatening sustainability of peace here in Afghanistan," he said. The remarks come two days after Afghanistan officially launched the process of disbanding all domestic and foreign private security firms operating in the country. On Saturday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered all security companies to be disbanded by the end of this year. Kabul has confirmed the presence of 52 foreign private security companies, including notorious American security firm Xe Services LLC — formerly known as Blackwater. Most of the security contractors are believed to have close ties with Afghan warlords and are also accused of contributing to the rising number of civilian casualties in the country. Omer also described the level of graft in the Afghan government as nominal compared to the extent of corruption in the Western contract system. Afghanistan is under intense foreign pressure to end widespread corruption in the country. Kabul blames Washington and its NATO allies for the corruption in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 No money, no corruption. Food for thought. A-holes. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-24 17:01 |