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Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Heroin Trade

Oct 04, 2008 15:42

The New York Times

October 5, 2008
By JAMES RISEN

WASHINGTON - When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004, the local Afghan commander quickly impounded the truck and notified his boss.

Before long, the commander, Habibullah Jan, received a telephone call ( Read more... )

afghanistan, drugs, karzai

Comments 2

Dope is Profitable anonymous October 4 2008, 23:26:27 UTC

Well, what a surprise. A trusted family member running some drug trade on the side. If I were conspiracy minded I might think that that the Karzai brothers were useful helpers in the U.S. led, but with plenty of help, opium/heroin monopoly. The wars for Israel and resources have to have some sideline money makers. Someone's got the feed the banks.

family affair anonymous October 5 2008, 02:58:25 UTC

the karzai family - it is a large one - is THE most powerful opiumdealing gang in afghanistan
the taliban are their competitors in the trade, but there's plenty for everyone now, thanks to the american invasion

karzai's brother isnt doing this *on the side*
he is the firm's current manager

what do you think an afghani president makes a month?
1000 dollars would be a fortune
but the karzai's are billionaires...