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09.Mar.2011
As We Predicted: Foreign Mercs, Including Blackwater, Will Remain In Afghanistan

Aggregated | By W.I.B. Syndication

Sell Afghan National Army

According to a list seen by The Guardian 11 companies operating in Afghanistan that have a good reputation with government officials will enjoy favoured status in taking over contracts.

Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater, is included in that group despite being banned in Iraq and notorious for its activities in Afghanistan.

Seven companies deemed too closely linked to senior Afghan officials have been sent orders to disband within 90 days. They include NCL, which is owned by the son of the defence minister and has interests in a $2.2bn US government transport contract.

Another company, Watan, is frantically trying to win a stay of execution by arguing that its owners, the Popal brothers, are not as closely related to the Karzai family as widely believed.

• Read more at World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk

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