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Karzai Targeted

The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Ahmad Wali Karzai has become a target of NATO --so to speak. British Major General Nick Carter, a top commander in...

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June 1, 2010 12:17 am

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The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Ahmad Wali Karzai has become a target of NATO –so to speak. British Major General Nick Carter, a top commander in Afghanistan said his plan is to reduce his role in the day-to-day governing of Kandahar. The president’s brother has been accused of ties to drug traffickers for many years and represents an impediment to transparency in Afghanistan. Carter’s goals is to see to it that the actual governor of the Kandahar province gets to govern.