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Ahmed Wali Karzai

Karzai's Cronies (PHOTOS)

Foreign Policy | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Mohammad Ibrahim Adel, Haji Mohammad Muhaqiq, Karim Khalili, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Muhammad Qasim Fahim, Afghanistan, Asadullah Khalid, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ahmed Wali Karzai, World News

Meet the unsavory characters surrounding the Afghan president and his new government....

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A Curious Lack of Curiosity

Tony Blankley | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Valerie Plame, Cia, Ahmed Wali Karzai CIA, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Politics News
Tony Blankley

The Times published on the front page the name of a purported CIA-paid asset, Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of the Afghan president. This may be the most egregious compromise of a CIA operative in our history.

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Karzai Effectively Handed 2nd Term After Abdullah Drops From Afghan Election

AP | HEIDI VOGT and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Afghanistan War, Karzai, Troops, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Axelrod, Power Share, Kabul, Voter Fraud, Obama, Hamid Karzai, Afghan Election, Nato, Clinton, Abdullah, Mcchrystal, Runoff, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan Election, Un, Ahmed Wali Karzai, World News

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai effectively secured a second term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administ...

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Abdullah Withdraws From Afghan Election

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Voter Fraud, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghan Election, Elections, Military, Nato, Runoff, Un, Us, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced that he is withdrawing from the poll....

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Hamid Karzai's Brother Only Tip Of Iceberg Of U.S. Dependence On Afghan Warlords: IPS

Inter Press Service | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan Warlords, Cia Afghan Warlords, Cia, Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Gareth Porter, Hamid Karzai's Brother, Inter Press Service, Hamid Karzai, World News

By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) - The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President ...

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Taliban: If You Can't Beat Them, Buy Them!

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Hamid Karzai, Cia, Taliban, Opium, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Wali Karzai, World News
Jamal Dajani

Afghanistan is not Iraq. Unlike the Sunni Awakening, when Iraqi tribe members took up arms against al-Qaeda and foreign insurgents, the Taliban are an integral part of Afghanistan, not foreign fighters.

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The CIA, The Brothers Karzai and Spinning our COIN Wheels

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Durgs, Nato, Coin, Cia, Poppy, Afghanistan, Opium, Andew Exum, Counterinsurgency, Ahmed Wali Karzai, World News
Richard Allen Smith

We are partnering with a symbol of government corruption, which undermines any trust we might receive from the population. We are funding the insurgency we are attempting to counter.

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Ahmed Wali Karzai Denies CIA Pay

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan Election, Afghanistan, Karzai Brother, Afghan Cia, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Wali Karzai CIA, Hamid Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai, World News

KABUL — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, on Wednesday denied reports that he has received regular payments from the CIA f...

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CIA Pays Off Another Afghan Despot, Hopes for the Best

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Afghan Warlords, Realpolitik, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Cia, Human Rights Watch, Warlords, Ahmed Wali Karzai, World News
Allison Kilkenny

It appears as though the CIA is -- yet again -- employing the good ol' "The Enemy of My Enemy is The Guy Who Screws Me In The End" foreign policy doctrine.

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Karzai's Brother On C.I.A. Payroll: NYT

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Karzai, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Afghanistan, Karzai Brother, Afghanistan Karzai Brother, CIA Afghanistan, Karzai Brother Cia, Cia Karzai Brother Payroll, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghanistan Karzai Brother Cia, Afghanistan War, World News

WASHINGTON — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the president of Afghanistan, gets regular payments from the CIA and has for much of the past eig...

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Drug-Linked Karzai Brother Helps U.S. Intelligence

Jeff Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Politics, House Intelligence Committee, Drugs, Heroin, Afghanistan War, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Mike Rogers, World News
Jeff Stein

A key member of the House Intelligence Committee says the controversial brother of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai regularly helps U.S. intelligence, but should not be considered a spy.

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Karzai's Brother Threatened McClatchy Writer Reporting Afghan Drug Story

McClatchy | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan Drugs, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan Drug Trade, Afghan Drug Lord, Afghan Drug Gang, Advocacy, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghanistan War, World News

The ride to Kandahar airport was tense. The Afghan president's brother had just yelled a litany of obscenities and said he was about to beat me....

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Afghan President's Brother Says Heroin Trade Links Are Fabricated, Politically Motivated

NY Times | ABDUL WAHEED WAFA | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, War Wire, Heroin, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Politics News

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The brother of Afghanistan's president denied any involvement in the heroin trade at a news conference on Monday, saying accusat...

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