Who Is Minding the Store? Afghan Police Not Paid for Months

A staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor took note of the New York Times article on the non-payment of some 150,000 Afghan police for a couple of months. While we all know that the Afghan ministries are inept and corrupt one has to wonder who is supposed to be watching the Afghans to make sure our money is going where it is supposed to. Perhaps we need some accountants over there to chase the money. According to the Times article the first that ISAF knew about the non-payment of almost all of the police across the country (some not paid since October) was when a reporter asked ISAF about the problem. Hmmm, let's hope that is not a true statement. See "How inept is Afghanistan's government?", Christian Science Monitor, January 13, 2014.