The United States gushed billions of dollars into Afghanistan to try to build a counter force to the Taliban, force out al Qaeda and help create a stable government. But in the trove of confidential government interviews obtained by The Washington Post, it was revealed that the money fueled corruption, which only strengthened support for the Taliban. Marco Werman speaks with Sarah Peck, a former US diplomat who served as an anti-corruption officer at the US Embassy in Kabul from 2009 to 2010.
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