Afghan analyst Candace Rondeaux of the International Crisis Group says that puts the United States in an awkward position because the U.S.and Mr.Karzai are inextricably linked in Afghan minds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

"But,it puts us in a very awkward position because,if we cannot go there ourselves to see what they are doing, to whom they are distributing and what criteria they are using, how much they are keeping for themselves, how much is getting lost, we start losing control over it,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07