An AWKward Relationship: The U.S. and Its Ties to Hamid Karzai's Half-Brother
Submitted on July 14, 2011
By Kim Barker - Thursday, July 14, 2011
Until his brother's rise to power, Ahmed Wali Karzai was best known for the leek dumplings at his Chicago restaurant. Since then, although his official position was simply the head of the Kandahar provincial council, he was much more than that. He was the de facto leader in four of the country's southern provinces. He was accused of dealing drugs, of taking kickbacks in land deals, of interfering in political assignments...Many credited him with securing his brother's re-election in the south in 2009.
