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“Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, bribery and kickbacks would take root. He said corruption became so widespread that it presented a bigger threat to the U.S. mission than the Taliban.” CorruptionAfghanistanTalibanNato Book:The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War Source: The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War