The U.S. Government Provides Money to Local Contractors in Afghanistan to Build Roads, Schools and Bridges

The U.S government provides money to local contractors in afghanistan to build roads, schools and bridges as part of the counter insurgency campaign. But the contractors must pay off insurgents to avoid having these projects attacked. One consequence of this protection is that it deflected the talaban's aggression to other targets, including u. S Soldiers and other military personnel. That at least is the allegation in a lawsuit filed last year in federal cors in washington, d c....