After nine years of work, $330 Billion in treasure, and nearly 1,300 American fatalities, bankers might ultimately do to Afghanistan what the Taliban could never accomplish...... Something in the neighborhood of $200 to $300 million in deposits have been withdrawn in just a couple days, about half of all the bank's assets. If the stampede continues for just a few more days the bank will fail. So why is this important? Because the Kabul Bank is what the government uses to pay its teachers, police, and soldiers.
Something in the neighborhood of $200 to $300 million in deposits have been withdrawn in just a couple days, about half of all the bank's assets. If the stampede continues for just a few more days the bank will fail.
So why is this important? Because the Kabul Bank is what the government uses to pay its teachers, police, and soldiers.
Please go recommend this at Big Orange. It's an important story, and it's slipping down the recent diaries column. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
That Karzai and gang are really deeply corrupt, and have managed to plunge their own country into crisis.
Or, the DoD was aware of this, has been facilitating it, and has now decided to use it because Karzai went off the reservation.
There are no heroes here. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
But there are no heroes here indeed. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
