I was just reading Three Cups of Tea, a book about a U.S. climber named Greg Martensen, who has been building schools in impoverished areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ In it, he alleges that almost none of the U.S. aid pledged to rebuild Afghanistan has made it to the locals. Instead, it has supposedly been used to rebuild damaged military installations. No doubt most of that is in the hands of corrupt military officials as well.