Karzai: Obama didn’t bring up corruption allegations involving Karzai’s brother; Karzai did so
By Anne Gearan, APThursday, May 13, 2010
Karzai says it’s not up to him to fire his brother
WASHINGTON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says President Barack Obama didn’t bring up the matter of Karzai’s notorious brother this week — but Karzai did so himself.
Karzai says no one asked him to fire Ahmad Wali Karzai, his wheeler-dealer half brother who has become a symbol of Afghan cronyism. Karzai’s brother is the main power-broker in Kandahar, the region where U.S. forces are expanding their counterinsurgency campaign this spring and summer.
Karzai told a Washington audience Thursday that it’s up to Afghanistan’s voters to decide the fate of his brother, who is the chairman of the local provincial council.
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