Are US taxpayers funding the Taliban?

KABUL — The United States Agency for International Development has opened an investigation into allegations that its funds for road and bridge construction in Afghanistan are ending up in the hands of the Taliban, through a protection racket for contractors.
And House Foreign Affairs Committee member, Rep. Bill
U.S. officials confirmed that the preliminary investigation and the proposed hearings were sparked by a GlobalPost special report on the ... Full Story »

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