COMMANDER'S THUMP - U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, gives a soldier a thump on his body armor at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Aug. 15, 2011. During Allen's battlefield circulation of Regional Command East, he received several operational briefings, met with the Ghazni provincial governor, and thanked U.S., Polish and Afghan troops and civilians for their commitment. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor
New US Military Transport Contract Aims To End Diversion Of Money To Taliban -- Christian Science Monitor
The military's new transport and supply contract in Afghanistan is meant to stop US funds from being diverted to warlords and the Taliban. But many Afghans fear the damage is already done.
After nearly a decade of war in Afghanistan, the US military has taken steps to restructure its transport and supply contract so American money is no longer indirectly diverted to the insurgency.
The new contract, a deal between the military and 20 separate trucking and supply companies, is worth nearly $1 billion and is “specifically designed to minimize the risk of contract corruption by increasing the number of prime vendors and by providing better transparency at the sub contractor level,” says a US military official in Kabul familiar with the issue. Most importantly, the new contract aims to cut out middlemen and powerbrokers who have long created problems for Afghanistan.
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