The taliban are extorting villages that have received payments from the Afghanistan NAtional Solidarity Programme. The NSP commands around $600 million and most of the donors are countries that are fighting the taliban in AFghanistan right now! So countries like the US, Canada, Britain and Australia are indirectly funding the taliban.
You cannot run reconstruction projects in the middle of a war-zone. You must first defeat the enemy before you can begin reconstruction. Environment News
FARAH, Afghanistan, March 23, 2009 (ENS) - Mirahmad has a very important job to do: he is the mirab, or water regulator, in his native Pushtrod district of Farah province. It is Mirahmad who ensures that the villages under his control receive adequate water for their fields.
When the state-sponsored National Solidarity Programme, NSP, gave Pushtrod 200,000 afghani (US$40,000) to clean out the Nawbahar canal irrigation canal, he was overjoyed.
"But then the Taliban asked for 40 percent of the money," he said. "Otherwise they were not going to let us do the work. So we had to buy them a four-by-four."
While the Taliban drive around in their new vehicle, Mirahmad is trying desperately to stretch the remaining funds to complete the project.
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Kyros , Jihad watch , Yesterday ran a post About AIG supporting muslim interests and shariah law ! With the bailout money !
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The more they piss off the locals, the more predator missle come for them
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