Meanwhile, a former top UN official in Afghanistan, Peter Galbraith, continued his war of words with Karzai by suggesting the Afghan president may have a drug problem. Galbraith made the comments in an interview with MSNBC.

Peter Galbraith: “He’s prone to tirades. He can be very emotional, act impulsively. In fact, some of the palace insiders say that he has a certain fondness for some of Afghanistan’s most profitable exports.”

Savannah Guthrie: “If you’re going to make that allegation, let’s be explicit about it.”

Chuck Todd: “So you’re saying he’s got an issue — he’s got his own substance abuse problem?”

Peter Galbraith: “There are reports to that effect. But whatever the cause is, the reality is that he is — he can be very emotional.”

In a speech last week, Karzai singled out Galbraith and accused him of interfering in Afghan elections last year.
Galbraith was fired last year from his UN position. He says he was let go for speaking out against widespread fraud in Karzai’s reelection, but Galbraith’s former superior said he was fired for conspiring to replace Karzai with a different Afghan leader.