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Afghan anti-graft body raps Kabul Bank court ruling

An Afghan anti-corruption watchdog on Sunday criticised court verdicts handed down for a $900 million fraud that caused Kabul Bank, the country's largest bank, to collapse in 2010.

Former Chairman of Afghanistan's Kabul Bank, Sher Khan Farnoud (C) speaks at a court in Kabul, on March 5, 2013. An Afghan anti-corruption watchdog has criticised court verdicts handed down for a $900 million fraud that caused the country's largest bank, to collapse in 2010.

The foreign-funded Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) said the court's action was inadequate in light of the scale of the scandal.

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