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One battle in the other Afghanistan war: How a mismanaged $60 million USAID project alienated those it aimed to help.

In the Afghanistan war for hearts and minds, USAID lost its battle in Badakshan Province. A USAID contractor claimed this $1 million canal helped triple output for the district of Baharak. But the canal is unfinished … zum vollständigen Artikel von Ben Arnoldy bei Christain Science Monitor

Bilder der USAID Afghanistan Hilfe in der Provinz Badakhshan

Hintergrundinformationen: USAID Afghanistan

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Bilderquelle: NATO.ISAF.int,

Akbar, center, head engineer for the Central Asia Development Group (CADG), discusses operations with Ben Kauffeld, right, United States Agency for Internation Development (USAID) Field Program Officer of the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), at the Shewan Village center during a PRT mission in Shewan, Afghanistan, March 28, 2010. The Farah PRT's mission included escorting United States Agency for Internation Development's (USAID) implementer Central Asia Development Group (CADG) staff to the village center in order to assist their payment to over 900 local laborers who have been employed for several months under the CADG's Food Insecurity Response for Urban Populations (FIRUP) Program. FIRUP enables Afghans to work and receive pay in their own communities by clearing canals of debris and gravel local roads;
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Spc. Brandon Evans, a combat cameramen with the 982 Signal Company, gives the traditional greeting by covering his heart and saying, “Salaam ailakum,” during a patrol in the village of Qal’eh ye Golay in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, April 4. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Whitney Hughes, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs;
U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis, a Civil Affairs member of the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), interacts with several local children at the Shewan Village center during a PRT mission in Shewan, Afghanistan, March 28, 2010. The Farah PRT's mission included escorting United States Agency for Internation Development's (USAID) implementer Central Asia Development Group (CADG) staff to the village center in order to assist their payment to over 900 local laborers who have been employed for several months under the CADG's Food Insecurity Response for Urban Populations (FIRUP) Program. FIRUP enables Afghans to work and receive pay in their own communities by clearing canals of debris and gravel local roads. Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rylan K. Albright]