"Another troubling nugget of news from Afghanistan this week came in a New York Times report: an ongoing investigation sees compelling evidence that Afghan private security contractors have been bribing Taliban militants with US funds to escalate violence and thus boost the need for their services. "A series of events last month," the Times reported, "suggested all-out collusion with the insurgents."
The Times spoke to a Nato official in Kabul who "believed millions of dollars were making their way to the Taliban". The fallout? None, really. Crickets from the White House. No declarations from party leaders. The only member of Congress who seemed to notice was Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. "Our troops are dying in Afghanistan, and now it turns out we may be funding their killers," he fumed."
Why are Nato troops in Afghanistan again?
Oh right, I forgot ...so that the CIA can run the opium trade.