Report details how some U.S. taxpayer money made Afghanistan worse. — -- A blistering new report blasts the U.S. government's pouring of billions of dollars into projects in Afghanistan with ...

For the Afghan people, the fight against corruption is not just a matter of governance – it is a matter of survival. While breaking this vicious cycle of corruption seem impossible, the international ...

“This is astonishing, given that Afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and a country that the United States is spending billions of dollars in,” said John Sopko, special ...

The United States' 20-year attempt to stand up democracy in Afghanistan descended into a cesspool of corruption and squandered as much as $29.2 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in pursuit of ...

Corruption at 'Every Level' Undermines Legitimacy Steve Coll argues that addressing corruption must come first. "In the long run, counterinsurgency cannot work if the government has no credibility [..

((For more on Afghanistan, click [ID:nAFPAK])) By Hamid Shalizi and Yara Bayoumy KABUL, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It seems every Afghan has a story about bribes. At a barbershop in the commercial ...