Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TO MANY in the West, Ahmed Wali Karzai is the embodiment of all that is wrong with the government of Afghanistan.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TO MANY in the West, Ahmed Wali Karzai is the embodiment of all that is wrong with the government of Afghanistan.
Newshoggers (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This is a country ruled by kings. The king’s brothers, cousins and sons are all powerful. - Ahmed Wali Karzai, the President’s brother By Steve Hynd Hamid Karzai has survived his inauguration for a second term as Afghanitan's president, and has spoken like a King: he has promised to end graft, appoint a clean cabinet, kick private security companies out...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
He calls himself a wheeler dealer - an old-style power broker who manoeuvres through a murky world of intelligence, tribal intrigue and, some critics allege, guns and drugs.Ahmed Wali Karzai is also a half brother of Afghanistan's...
Foreign Policy (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Meet the unsavory characters surrounding the Afghan president and his new government.
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
New claims of corruption will hang over Hamid Karzai today as he tries to use his inauguration to persuade Western allies that he is capable of changing his ways and arresting Afghanistan’s downward spiral. Every word from the Afghan leader, when he speaks to about 300 foreign dignitaries at his inauguration ceremony in Kabul, will be scrutinised in London and Washington for evidence that...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been sworn in for a second term after months of political uncertainty.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
New claims of corruption will hang over Hamid Karzai today as he tries to use his inauguration to persuade Western allies that he is capable of changing his ways and arresting Afghanistan’s downward spiral.
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Washington - The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned. read more
The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
(The Intelligence Daily) -- The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned.Obama told reporters Monday...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
" Corruption in the country has reached such a scale that Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank executive and presidential candidate, says that a senior Karzai adviser told him that one government minister made $25 million in a single year, and a northern governor, $75 million. Two of Karzai's brothers -- Mahmoud Karzai and Ahmed Wali Karzai -- and relatives...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
President Karzai has six months to sideline his brother and reduce corruption or risk losing American support, Afghan officials have told The Times of London.Senior palace insiders said that President Obama delivered the ultimatum when he congratulated Karzai on his re-election on Monday. Top of his demands was action against corruption, the appointment of "reform-minded ministers" and...
SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
U.S. Options and the Karzai Brothers - The Editors, Room for Debate, The New York Times. Hamid Karzai was declared winner of the presidential vote in Afghanistan on Monday after his challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from the runoff. But questions concerning the Karzai government’s legitimacy and corruption remain as unresolved as before. The case of Ahmed Wali...
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Times Online John Burns Q. and A. on Karzai, Corruption and Afghanistan New York Times John Burns, the chief foreign correspondent for The New York Times, is answering questions about a New York Times article about Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Ahmed Wali Karzai, who is accused of ... Afghanistan election is...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Times: President Karzai has six months to sideline his brother and reduce corruption or risk losing American support, Afghan officials have told The Times . Senior palace insiders said that President Obama delivered the ultimatum when he congratulated Mr Karzai on his re-election on Monday. Top of his demands was action against corruption, the appointment of “reform-minded ministers”...
