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The New York Times bericht:

Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll

By DEXTER FILKINS, MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN

Published: October 27, 2009

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former American officials.

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Ahmed Wali Karzai, right, the brother of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, at a campaign event in Kandahar in August.

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Times Topics: Hamid Karzai | Ahmed Wali Karzai | Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html

Overigens was deze informatie over Karzai's broer al langer bekend bij onafhankelijke waarnemers, zoals u op mijn website kon lezen. En de Nederlandse regering maar doorgaan met het financieren van de opiumhandel.