We suspect that the hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars being paid to the Taliban by the CIA and US military for “protection” won’t be included in this bribery investigation. — PID

(BBC NEWS) — The Afghan president must set up a “major crimes tribunal” and an anti-corruption commission, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.  She told ABC television that Hamid Karzai “can do better”.

The Afghan leader – recently re-elected in a poll marred by fraud allegations – has come under growing Western pressure to deal with corruption.

via BBC NEWS | Americas | US demands Afghan ‘bribery court’.

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