Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The War Against Afghan Corruption Is Failing


U.S. Special Forces Take Down Corrupt Afghan Officials, One At A Time -- Aol Defense

The commandos came under the cover of darkness. It was mid-February in Laghman province, just east of Kabul in mountainous eastern Afghanistan. A team of U.S. Army Special Forces swept in together with an elite unit of the Afghan police, known as the Provincial Response Company. But this time the target was not a Taliban. This time the Green Berets were helping the Afghans take down one of their own, a government official named Nangyalai.

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My Comment: When you have to use highly trained U.S. special forces to nab corrupt Afghan officials .... I say to myself .... what the hell are we doing? Afghanistan's culture of corruption has been in existence longer than the United States has existed as a country .... how can we possibly change that with a few U.S. special forces.

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