The financial scandal that broke Afghanistan’s Kabul Bank
Posted: June 17, 2011 Filed under: Afghanistan | Tags: IMF, Kabul Bank, Karzai Leave a commentThere’s an excellent piece in The Guardian by Jon Boone about the Kabul bank saga that’s a good read for many reasons, not least this description of “the man accused of rivalling only the Taliban in terms of the damage he has done to Afghanistan”:
Khalilullah Ferozi, supposedly under house arrest, settles into a seat and orders a shisha and several plates of rice and kebab. On his wrist sits a diamond-studded watch. As he talks, getting animated, a steady spray of half-masticated kebab flies across the table.
