The White House and Congress are putting pressure on the U.S. Army to pay closer attention to whom it works with in Afghanistan, amid concerns that the Pentagon’s sub-contractors in the country may be enriching local potentates and indirectly helping to finance the Taliban. These considerations conflict with the army’s wish not to tamper with its functioning supply chain, as they conflict with the vested interests established during the presidency of George W Bush.(…)
Big strategy founders on corruption and tribalism
Hearts, minds and the same old warlords
Go up close to what’s happening in Afghanistan – for example, in the city of Kandahar – and you find crime, corruption, tribal conflict and ordinary people powerless to resist the armed might of the militias. No happy ending is in sight
http://mondediplo.com/2010/07/04afghanistan
