[Iran Press TV] A probe finds that a US contractor in Afghanistan may have 'inadvertently' funneled millions of dollars in American taxpayer money to Taliban cut-thoats. A year-long probe into the US Agency for International Development (USAID) found that the funds were probably paid in the form of bribes and protection money.
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The suspected payments were allegedly made by subcontractors of a company based in the state of Maryland.
USAID carries out reconstruction projects in some of Afghanistan's most remote and risky war zones.
The US invaded Afghanistan with the aim of toppling the Taliban regime and dismantling al-Qaeda network. The war has left hundreds of thousands of Afghans as well as over two thousand US-led foreign troops dead. The loss of lives has dramatically reduced support for the Afghan war. |