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THIS SUCKS

"Kept afloat by billions of dollars in American and other foreign aid, the government of Afghanistan is shot through with corruption and graft. From the lowliest traffic policeman to the family of President Hamid Karzai himself, the state built on the ruins of the Taliban government seven years ago now often seems to exist for little more than the enrichment of those who run it."

Dexter Filkins (The Times) via Bob Herbert
NYTimes.com
Posted 01.06.09

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