Afghan security deal could boost President Karzai's half-brother

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Source: McClatchy Newspapers

Afghan security deal could boost President Karzai's half-brother
By Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy Newspapers Wed May 19, 5:17 pm ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is weighing approval of an expansive new business deal that could give his controversial half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, increased influence over the lucrative security business that protects supply convoys for U.S.-led forces in southern Afghanistan .

As American strategists prepare military and political moves to extend government control in Kandahar this summer, President Karzai has before him a plan that would give a key ally of his half-brother the power to run the newly created Kandahar Security Company .

If approved quickly, the deal could allow the firm to obtain millions of dollars in contracts this summer as the U.S. military sends thousands of additional troops into southern Afghanistan .

Top Afghan officials say they're backing the deal as a way to gain control over rival security firms that have sometimes engaged in violent clashes over multi-million-dollar contracts.

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[Sebastian Doyle]

1. More power for "Jeb" Karzai, the drug dealing election fixer?

God damn, we really ARE bringing American style "democracy" to Afghanistan after all!

[babylonsister]

2. Anything that says 'could', 'might', 'should' in the title is suspect, especially

from a supposed news org.

Report the news, stop with the editorializing.

[msongs]

3. dirty deeds, done dirt cheap = the whole point of afghan occupation is fleecing US taxpayers nt