11.17.09
Mafia state
RG mail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/15/natio-afghan-fbi-corruption
The Guardian 15 November 2009
*Nato taskforce to form ‘Afghan FBI’ and root out high-level corruption
The Karzai government is “structured like a criminal syndicate”, extracting
money from the people in the form of bribes, stolen customs revenues and
imprisoning people for ransom. “Afghans see us [the International Security
Assistance Force] as being the enforcement mechanism for the mafia. That’s
why people get driven towards the Taliban – it’s the only way to express
your outrage at this stuff.”