Taliban, criminals get $360 million from US taxes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44171605/ns/politics/#.TkvDiUef3U8

Losses underscore challenges US and international partners face in overcoming corruption in Afghanistan


A central part of the Obama administration's strategy has been to award U.S.-financed contracts to Afghan businesses to help improve quality of life and stoke the country's economy.

But until a special task force assembled by Gen. David Petraeus began its investigation last year, the coalition had little visibility into the connections many Afghan companies and their vast network of subcontractors had with insurgents and criminals — groups military officials call "malign actors."