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   WikiLeaks: Experts Explain America's Role In Afghanistan Corruption   :      Information Clearing House: ICH

WikiLeaks: Experts Explain America's Role In Afghanistan Corruption : Information Clearing House: ICH: "“We know that Ahmed Wali Karzai, President Hamid Karzai’s half-brother and the man who effectively controls Kandahar province, is getting paid by the CIA and that thousands of other officials are being paid off. That, in my mind, is corruption,” said Pratap Chatterjee, an author and columnist for the Guardian. “A lot of the biggest money in Afghanistan is U.S. military and State Department contracts.”

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