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<title><![CDATA[Bribes Corrode Afghans&#8217; Trust in Government]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Star-News Online: Star-News Online: Nowhere is the scent of corruption so strong as in the Kabul neighborhood of Sherpur. Before 2001, it was a vacant patch of hillside that overlooked the stately neighborhood of Wazir Akbar Khan. Today it is the wealthiest enclave in the country, with gaudy, grandiose mansions that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Afghans refer to them as &#8220;poppy houses.&#8221; Sherpur itself is often jokingly referred to as &#8220;Char-pur,&#8221; which literally means &#8220;City of Loot.&#8221; Yet what is perhaps most remarkable about Sherpur is that many of the homeowners are government officials, whose annual salaries would not otherwise enable them to live here for more than a few days.]]></description>
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