During my daily sport session this morning I came accross some shocking, yet not surprising news about Afghanistan. It's an article about a research undertaken by OXFAM on aid delivery in Afghanistan.
"Some $10bn (£5bn) in aid promised to Afghanistan has still to be delivered, aid organisation Oxfam has said. It also finds that two-thirds of aid is not spent through the government and 40% goes back to donor countries in consultant fees and expatriate pay... "
The article goes on telling some numbers of development aid versus budget for the military. Guess: its 7 (development):100 (military) Million a day! No wonder the country isn't moving into the direction it should!
read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7311972.stm
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