From Jr Deputy Accountant:

Here's the quick sitch: Kabul Bank – Afghanistan's largest – is under attack by depositors who have removed some $155 million in deposits in the last two days after news that the bank had been running a questionable operation and loaning money to insiders like Mahmood Karzai, brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai. Karzai is a Kabul Bank shareholder, naturally.

The bank's chairman Sherkhan Farnood decided an island shaped like a palm tree in Dubai would be a great investment so he took it upon himself to invest $160 billion of the bank's assets in said palm tree islands and, for convenience's sake, put the properties in his name. Who wouldn't?

The U.S. government didn't find these activities entertaining and swooped in to stop the nonsense. Unfortunately, now they may be required to prop up...

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