{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Afghan Aid Squandered by U.S. Political Insiders","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article117689.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article117689.html'\u003EAfghan Aid Squandered by U.S. Political Insiders\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the dinner bell rings in Washington, D.C., a swarm of politically-connected consultants and nonprofit organizations (NGOs) rush in to feast on aid funds designated for Afghanistan.  The culprits are members of an exclusive club of favored parties who feed off of USAID and State Department contracts, grants and awards.  The group includes Checchi and Company, Louis Berger Group, Chemonics, Inc., the Asia Society, Democracy International, the Brookings Institution, Casals and Associates, (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}