End Corruption in Afghanistan Now

02/15/2013

An interesting look at the new Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/de-Borchgrave/2013/02/08/Commentary-Close-but-no-SIGAR-yet/UPI-72511360319663/

Inspector Sopko is slowly but surely unraveling the biggest scandal of the decade -- U.S. aid to Afghanistan.

01/18/2013

The problems with diplomatic security go beyond Benghazi -- current and former guards at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul say security weaknesses have left the it vulnerable to attack.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/17/mutiny_in_kabul

Private guards responsible for protecting what may be the most at-risk U.S. diplomatic mission in the world -- the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan -- say security weaknesses have left it dangerously vulnerable to attack.

10/26/2012

The building is falling apart, but the contractor is off the hook and taxpayers are footing the bill for repairs.

A new SIGAR report criticizes the Army Corps of Engineers for failing to hold contractor DynCorp International accountable for deficiencies in its construction of an Afghan Army garrison.

10/20/2012

Security contractors gone wild! Wait, we've seen that video before.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-newman/afghanistan-drunk-contractors_b_1989290.html

As troops are replaced with private security contractors, it would be foolish for a new administration to continue to ignore the vivid warnings of what happens when the U.S. outsources its inherent governmental functions.

09/10/2012

That is a recipe for disaster.

Records for $475 million in fuel purchases for the Afghan National Army have been shredded, according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

06/19/2012

The UN is investigating allegations of fraud at a $1.4 billion fund meant for paying Afghan police officers...

KABUL — The UN Development Programme is investigating allegations of fraud at a $1.4 billion fund for paying Afghan police officers, the organisation said on Monday.

05/24/2012

Good news for accountability fanatics: The White House announced yesterday that President Obama will appoint John Sopko to lead the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

< Loose translation: the White House has appointed a swell pick to lead SIGAR. By BRYAN RAHIJA Good news for accountability fanatics: a leadership void at a key oversight position will soon be filled. The White House announced yesterday that...

03/27/2012

We've been covering the issue of taxpayer-funded human trafficking among defense contractors Afghanistan (and Iraq), which Sen. Richard Blumenthal called "modern-day slavery", for awhile. Now there is a bipartisan bill to tackle this important issue.

A bipartisan group of members from the House and Senate proposed legislation on Monday that seeks to crack down on human trafficking by contractors that the U. S.

03/08/2012

From the New York Times: "Kabul Bank is at the center of a corruption scandal that could cost the Afghan government — and by extension, Western nations — hundreds of millions of dollars."

Despite years of urging and oversight by American advisers, President Hamid Karzai’s government has yet to prosecute a high-level corruption case in Afghanistan.

03/01/2012

Stars and Stripes reports that corruption and mismanagement are handicapping police in Afghanistan.

02/14/2012

Reliance on contractors so great in Afghanistan, even dying is outsourced

Last year, at least 430 employees of American contractors were reported killed in Afghanistan, more than the number of American soldiers killed.

02/02/2012

Leon Panetta reveals the U.S. plans to pull out of Afghanistan earlier than expected. Do you think we're leaving too soon?

KABUL (Reuters) - The United States appears to have taken Kabul by surprise by announcing plans to end its Afghan combat role earlier than expected, and coinciding with a secret report that the Taliban