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<title><![CDATA[An Excess of Corruption and a Deficit of Toilets: American and Karzai&#8217;s &#8220;Successes&#8221; in Afghanistan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RAWA News: RAWA News: Afghanistan might be characterized as having a paucity of toilets and an excess of corruption. These two aspects capture the post-Taliban essence of the country. The &#8220;achievements&#8221; of Hamid Karzai the de facto mayor of Kabul, the United States and NATO in Afghanistan after more than eight years of U.S. occupation and approximately $25 billion in disbursed (2001-9) non-military aid,  include Afghanistan being ranked as the worst place in the world for sanitation (per UNICEF data) and in 2009 posting 179th (out of 180 countries) in Transparency International&#8217;s corruption-perceptions index.]]></description>
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