Top Senator on Panel Blocks Aid to Afghans

WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday that he was putting a hold on the aid until the White House offered “sufficient assurances” that the bags of cash being delivered to Mr. Karzai by the C.I.A. were not fueling the corruption that pervades the Afghan government - Top Senator on Panel Blocks Aid to Afghans
Afghan Forces Struggle as U.S. Weans Them Off Support - nytimes