Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of President Hamid Karzai and a suspected player in the opium trade, has gotten payments from the C.I.A. for eight years, officials said. Full Story »
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the story involves a controversial figure in the afghan-u.s. relationship. they sources from the u.s. are primarily unnamed, and there are few others who have knowledge to add. the story illustrates some major barriers to achieving goals in an anarchistic country: imperfect or contradictoryinformation, major vital factors beyond our control, difficulty in finding trustworthy allies
