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Corruption in Afghanistan
Feb 3 2009, Ikramuddin Bahram

It has been at least a quadrant of a year now that Afghan government’s relation has slowly and gradually deteriorated with the US administration which included accusations by the US of corruption and wrong governance on the part of Afghanistan’s...

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