Talk of Afghan corruption 'overplayed' in West: Karzai

[maddezmom]

Talk of Afghan corruption 'overplayed' in West: Karzai
Updated on Monday, December 07, 2009, 14:10 IST Tags:Afghanistan, Corruption, Hamid Karzai

Washington: Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai vowed to root out official corruption in his country, even as he insisted that complaints from western powers about government graft are "overplayed”.


"The issue of corruption has been politically overplayed by some of our partners in the international community," the Afghan leader said.

He added in an interview that aired on Sunday on CNN television that his government "will address all of those questions that are in Afghanistan that are our problems. It is our responsibility, and we must do it."

Karzai also placed some blame for the endemic corruption in Afghanistan on the very western nations which aim to help protect and rebuild his war-ravaged country which has been losing ground to al Qaeda and Taliban fighter.

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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. " Round up the usual suspects"

The man thinks we are idiots, I guess.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. Note he does not deny graft and corruption,

he just has issues with the emphasis placed on the graft and corruption. Not that there is too much of it, just that too much is being said about it.