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Panel: Afghan politics hindered bank probe

By DEB RIECHMANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 4:32 a.m.

Credit: AP
 Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in this 2010 file photo.

Political interference stymied an investigation into the collapse of Afghanistan’s largest bank, according to an independent report of how the men at Kabul Bank and their friends and relatives got rich off $861 million in fraudulent loans.

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