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Afghan police 'steal' half of all aid 1/31/2007 9:05:44 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI | JAN 31 The ruling establishment in Kabul has failed to ensure fair and honest utilisation of reconstruction aid to Afghanistan. Corrupt police and tribal leaders have been charged with stealing vast quantities of reconstruction aid which is intended to improve the lives of ordinary Afghans and turn them away from the Taliban. If a report carried by London's Sunday Telegraph is any guide, in some cases, all the aid earmarked for an area has ended up in the wrong hands. Defence officials in the United States and Britain estimate that up to half of all aid in Afghanistan is failing to reach the right people. NATO forces in the south of Afghanistan have reportedly said that some Afghan police are guilty of corruption and will steal aid if it is handed out. Tribal elders have also been accused of seizing goods, including building materials and fuel, and selling them in markets. The British publication has quoted a Pentagon official as saying that thousands of cars and trucks intended for use by the Afghan police had been sold instead. A few days ago, ...   READ MORE

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Congress divided over splitting civic body Sonia's warning to Delhi CM, PCC chief 1/31/2007 9:04:57 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI | JAN 31 Congress supremo, Sonia Gandhi, has warned Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, and Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief, Rambabu Sharma, to stop adopting measures that could further disrupt smooth functioning of the party in the Delhi region. Sonia's warning has followed the vertical division in the ruling Congress party over splitting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) into four corporations. While a section of the party, headed by Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, is in favour of splitting the MCD for better efficiency, most of the city fathers who have support of the party's State unit president, Rambabu Sharma, are opposed to the m...   READ MORE

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