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Afghan construction companies accuse American middlemen of reneging on payments

Haji Layeq says an American company failed to pay a construction company he has ties to. - Adam Ferguson for The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — A number of Afghan construction companies working on contracts for American and NATO military bases in Afghanistan have accused American middlemen of reneging on payments for supplies and services, and in one case of leaving the country owing Afghan companies hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/world/asia/08contract.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Task Force 2010 follows the money trail

“More good news from Afghanistan: the U.S. military has no idea where the billions it’s spending on warzone contractors is actually ending up. And nine years into the war, the Pentagon has barely started the long, laborious process of figuring it out.”

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/9-years-in-u-s-finally-tries-to-get-a-grip-on-warzone-contractors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

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