German minister chided for flying carpet from Kabul
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s overseas aid minister has received a stiff customs bill and a reprimand for getting the country’s top spy to fly home a rug from Afghanistan for him without declaring it, officials said on Friday. Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Dirk Niebel bought the carpet for personal use on a trip to Kabul in May but could not take it on board his scheduled flight home and left it at the German embassy, his spokesman said. . . .
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