Afghanistan: Everything on sale here

[RedBaron]

On the streets here, tales of corruption are as easy to find as kebab stands. Everything seems for sale: public offices, access to government services, even a person’s freedom. The above mentioned examples — $25,000 to settle a lawsuit, $6,000 to bribe the police, $100,000 to secure a job as a provincial police chief — were told by people who experienced them directly or witnessed the transaction.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/world/asia/02kabul.html?hp

This situation is a nightmare...yet another narco-state...