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Hamid Karzai's brother is on CIA's Payroll : Insiders

Washington : DC : USA | 27 days ago  
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Ahmed Wali Karzai on CIA Payroll

The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been on the CIA’s payroll for much of the past 8 years, a time during which he’s boosted his personal power in a large area of southern Afghanistan—and been linked to the opium trade. Ahmed Wali Karzai denies the claim, made by current and former US officials to the New York Times. Among the services Karzai provided in return, the sources say, was recruiting a CIA-directed paramilitary force operating around Kandahar. The report runs counter to the US strategy of fostering an elected central government, not encouraging shades of Afghanistan’s warlord past. “If we are going to conduct a population-centric strategy in Afghanistan, and we are perceived as backing thugs, then we are just undermining ourselves,” says a military intelligence official.

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Posted By Shirley66 Shirley66 | 27 days ago
Whoaa.. why put him in payroll?
Posted By ahol888 ahol888 | 27 days ago
Just another proof that the war on drugs in the USA is manufactured by the CIA to have minorities fill jail cells. Over the past 30 years, that tactic has worked well.
Reply By Lima_Echo_India_Foxtrot Lima_Echo_India_Foxtrot | 26 days ago
If you go with that theory, you left out the part about the CIA making a ton of money off drugs.

I remember Obama was talking about letting drug prisoners out. I wonder if that's still fresh on his mind?
Posted By ladym33 ladym33 | 26 days ago
That is very interesting. So he has essentually been a spy?
Posted By nxclaw nxclaw | 26 days ago
I guess he is a spy.
Posted By zdude55376 zdude55376 | 26 days ago
Wow. That is strange to think about...
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Posted By abalaba abalaba | 26 days ago
wow this is really bad.
Posted By nicknick12 nicknick12 | 26 days ago
this not a good thing thats coming
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