Karzai Defends Contractor Phaseout - nytimes

Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, repeated his call for the removal of all private security companies in Afghanistan by the end of the year, saying on Sunday that the firms are “looting and stealing from the Afghan people” and acting as an impediment to the development of Afghan security forces. -- Karzai Defends Contractor Phaseout

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