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."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jun/11/afghanistan-america