Report: Forty percent of Afghan aid spent on foreign workers

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• Since 2001, international community has pledged $25B, only $15B delivered
  
• Of the funds delivered, 40 percent -- or $6 billion -- goes back to donor countries
  
• Corporate profits and consultant salaries account for the drain on aid funds
  
• Cost of an expatriate consultant is 200 times average salary of Afghan civil servant
  
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