Karzai chief-of-staff received cash from Iran
New York: Iran has provided millions of dollars to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff Umar Daudzai in "a secret, steady stream of cash" in a bid to buy his loyalty and drive a wedge between Afghans and Americans, a media report claimed today.
Daudzai, Karzai's most trusted confidant, received a large plastic bag bulging with packets of euro, which was intended to buy his loyalty and promote Iran's interests in the presidential palace, New York Times quoted Afghan and Western officials as saying.
The payment, which was a part of a secret, steady stream of Iranian cash, illustrates the degree to which the Iranian government has penetrated Karzai's inner circle despite his presumed alliance with the United States and the other NATO countries, which have sustained him with military forces and billions of dollars since the Taliban?s ouster since 2001, the newspaper said.
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