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...Zada, 42, says he doesn't have electricity in his house because he refused to pay the $140 in extra "fees" to hook up his connection a few months ago. Now, he says, a standard bribe runs $600. (The average annual income is about $300 per capita.) Another man, Samiullah, 24, says the price for obtaining a driver's license has doubled in the past two months. "Now that the government says it is fighting corruption," he says, "everyone is trying to get as much money as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Inside Look at Hamid Karzai's Rising Woes | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

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