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Report: Karzai Brother Paid by US for CIA-Run Paramilitary Force

HeadlineOct 28, 2009

In other Afghan war news, the New York Times is reporting the brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been on the CIA payroll for much of the past eight years. Ahmed Wali Karzai has drawn controversy over his alleged ties to the Afghan opium trade. The New York Times reports Zarzai has helped recruit a CIA-controlled Afghan paramilitary force that operates in the southern city of Kandahar.

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