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at about $300 a month https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-army-desertions/desertions-deplete-afghan-forces-adding-to-security-worries-idUSKCN0UW1K3 h
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
at about $300 a month https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-army-desertions/desertions-deplete-afghan-forces-adding-to-security-worries-idUSKCN0UW1K3 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-army-desertio... . Plus equipment, food supplies etc that can be sold on the black market. Some generals must be very rich.
This is a well known and common trick in corrupt countries. Usually the no-show employees keep half or whatever agreed to and hand the rest.
- tyingq 7y agoThat's on top of any reward for meeting targets... Given the dire need, with US withdrawals, I suspect the meeting target rewards weren't trivial.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoNo personal knowledge but I'd be surprised if they didn't protect drug shipments as well in exchange for cash. Probably thousands of Afghani leaders have milked the war to make millions and even hundreds of millions. USA spent hundreds of billions to trillions...
- tyingq 7y agoIt's a sort of hustler's paradise I imagine. Probably makes the "War Dogs" movie look amatuerish in retrospect. Or perhaps "American Gangster" is a more apt reference.