The World - News from Dec. 2, 1985
Up to half of all U.S. military aid to Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet moujahedeen guerrillas never reaches them, according to Time magazine. It said that sources in Pakistan, from where the aid is distributed, calculated that 50% of the U.S.-supplied arms are traded, sold or hidden for dealing later, rather than given to guerrillas for anti-Soviet raids. Pakistani military officers, Afghan leaders in exile in Pakistan and individual guerrillas are involved in the diversions, Time said. Congress voted $470 million this year in military aid.
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