This has been standard practice for projects in Afghanistan since the start of the war. It unfolds something like this: U.S. gov'nt wants a new well built in s

This has been standard practice for projects in Afghanistan since the start of the war. It unfolds something like this: U.S. gov'nt wants a new well built in some remote village and ask for bids. Western companies bid and win the contract...let's say for $10,000 (not an unrealistic number). The western company sub's out the project to a local company...usually a joint western/local setup for let's say $1000. The sub sub's it out to some local team for let's say $100. The local team hires some guy to go to the next village over and take a picture of an existing well for $10 as proof that the well was built and submits that picture all the way up the line of contractors. The western gov'nt accepts this as proof b/c no one wants to go out into the "hostile" villages to see if the well was actually built. This has been going on for nearly 15 years now on projects small and grand. It's common knowledge among anyone from there, with relatives there, who has worked there, etc. The information is not new or hard to uncover. It is simply not news worthy in western media.