KABUL, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Six employees of the US
embassy in Kabul have been dismissed for using or possessing
drugs, an official said, in an embarrassment to Washington which
has splurged billions on Afghan counter-narcotics efforts.
The sacking followed an embassy investigation after staff
noticed a person wandering around the premises “in a state of
confusion and appearing to be intoxicated”, the Wall Street Journal
reported earlier this week.
“We can confirm that six individuals were involved and that
all of them were contract employees,” the US State Department told
AFP late Thursday.
“No State Department employees were involved in the
incident.”