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Kandahar PRT Exits Province Amid Criticism
[TOLONEWS] The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in southern Kandahar province has officially finished operating with its responsibilities handed over to Afghan authority, the provincial governor said Sunday.Its legacy has been tainted by an unsatisfied local government whose criticisms over the years have pointed to poorly implemented projects and squandered funds. "The Provincial Reconstruction Team of Kandahar did not do many of the works it was supposed to do. We have criticised their activities for the past few years," governor Toryalai Wesa said at a presser in Kandahar city. Wesa said that the PRT had obtained large amounts of funds for reconstruction projects in the province but it had not spend them well. He also alleged that the team had backed local warlords whose rise will lead to the destruction of the province. The Afghan government has also previously criticised PRTs around the country for their failed objectives. President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... has decreed for PRTs to close following accusations that many of them have not acted in coordination with the government. The PRT in Kandahar was run under the jurisdiction of the US. About 27 PRTs were set up in different provinces of Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-15 |
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