[Sunday Telegraph-UK] Gethin Chamberlain - Corrupt police and tribal leaders are stealing vast quantities of reconstruction aid intended to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans and turn them away from the Taliban. In some cases, all the aid earmarked for an area has ended up in the wrong hands. Defense officials in the U.S. and Britain estimate that up to half of all aid in Afghanistan is failing to reach the right people.
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