Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal (AP)



Afghan President Hamid Karzai, front left, walks with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, front right, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Zardari arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, Pool)AP - A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring example of the claims of corruption clouding the Obama administration’s deliberations over expanding the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan.

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