WASTE AND FRAUD UNDERMINING U.S. RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN

"... Concerns have been raised in past months that the waste and fraud that has undermined the U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq is being repeated in Afghanistan... The international community has invested more than $60 billion since 2002 in reconstruction efforts, including $40 billion from the U.S. alone... The U.S. agency overseeing the multibillion dollar Afghanistan reconstruction effort is investigating 38 criminal cases ranging from contract fraud to theft — most involving non-Afghans... the government might not be ready to deal with the flow of additional funds into Afghanistan..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_reconstruction;_ylt=AkVV9tQzfghRfJ5raQNbQGcUewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNpZ2wybzVrBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTEyL2FzX2FmZ2hhbmlzdGFuX3JlY29uc3RydWN0aW9uBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3VzaW52ZXN0aWdhdA--