Volume 53, Number 15 · October 5, 2006
The Wrong Company
By Ahmed Rashid
In response to Afghanistan: On the Brink (June 22, 2006)
To the Editors:
In my article "Afghanistan: On the Brink" [NYR, June 22], I stated that Creative Associates International, Inc. had received a contract from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to build schools in Afghanistan. This is not true and I regret the error. The Washington Post published no such report about Creative Associates. In fact, the company printed and distributed textbooks and trained teachers in Afghanistan for USAID. The contract for school reconstruction was made with another company.
Ahmed Rashid
