The international aid agency Oxfam is criticizing the Bush administration for what it calls a lack of aid to Afghanistan. In a new report, Oxfam says, “As in Iraq, too much aid is absorbed by profits of companies and subcontractors, on non-Afghan resources and on high expatriate salaries and living costs.” The US spent $4.4 billion on aid to Afghanistan last year — less than one-eighth of its military spending there. Oxfam also says urgent action is needed to avoid a humanitarian crisis “comparable with sub-Saharan Africa.” Afghanistan is in the midst of record violence, with more than 6,000 deaths this year.