WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. watchdog agency is pressing defense and diplomatic leaders to work more aggressively to ensure that contractors in Afghanistan promptly pay their Afghan subcontractors, amid hundreds of complaints that suggest nearly $70 million could be owed to local firms.The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in a letter released Thursday that it has received 753 complaints as of October 2012 and opened 52 investigations over non-payment issues. And other federal agencies reported earlier this year that they have gotten 44 similar complaints over the past six years.
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