Corruption - A Plague on Afghanistan

Corruption permeates Afghan society and government from the lowest level official at the district level all the way up to the ministers at cabinet level and beyond to the President of Afghanistan (Karzai). It is yearly ranked among the three most corrupt nations in the world to include North Korea and Somalia - that is not great company to be in. Many of the dollars from well-meaning donor nations have ended up in the bank accounts of high-level officials. Attempts at anti-corruption measures by the Afghan government are laughable; as are any attempts by ISAF to control the corruption of their Afghan counterparts. Read more in "Corruption Plagues Afghanistan Ahead of U.S. Withdrawal", U.S. News and World Report, December 27, 2013.