Okay, we want to save Afghanistan and bring it into at least the 20th century. We have a comprehensive plan to do so. One part of our plan is to kill the bad guys. Another part is to improve that country's banking and financial system. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR) has some opinions as to how well we are doing with the latter. His recent audit says not well.
And then there's the problem of dealing with the Afghan's historic way of doing things. For example, they are not too concerned with bringing thieves and fraudsters to court. Karzai doesn't allow our agents into the central bank. The banks can't or won't track electronic payments, so how do we know where the money is going. Afghan officials at the Kabul airport seem to want to make it difficult to track cash flowing out of the airport, especially that taken by VIPs.
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