“One only had to go to Kabul airport to see a classic example of the aid community helping itself rather than Afghans. The scariest part of going to Afghanistan was flying in from Dubai on the state airline Ariana. Its… — Christina Lamb Copy Share Image
“Instead, contracts were awarded to American consultancies like Bearing Point, or Adam Smith from the UK, to bring in their own people to run… — Christina Lamb Copy Share Image
“At a dinner party in north London, I listened to friends bragging about buying Porsches with their bonuses and sending out from their offices… — Christina Lamb Copy Share Image
“One only had to go to Kabul airport to see a classic example of the aid community helping itself rather than Afghans. The scariest… — Christina Lamb Copy Share Image
“By 1986 the CIA was spending 70 per cent of its entire operations budget funding a Muslim jihad to kill Russians. The whole campaign… — Christina Lamb Copy Share Image
