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U.S. probes Afghan president's brother
The U.S. Attorney's office is probing the business dealings of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother. CNN's Brian Todd joined DorobekINSIDER with the latest developments in Afghanistan.
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U.S. tries to stop Afghan ban on private contractors
U.S. officials are trying to talk the Afghan government out of banning private contractors.
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Security companies in Afghanistan shutting down
Afghanistan has begun disbanding private security companies and confiscating their weapons. President Hamid Karzai said in August all private security companies had to close down within four months. It's part of part of a plan for the government to take over all security responsibilities beginning in 2014. Karzai says the firms are responsible for horrific accident and a series of killings, crimes and scandals.
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Karzai Targeted
The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Ahmad Wali Karzai has become a target of NATO --so to speak. British Major General Nick Carter, a top commander in Afghanistan said his plan is to reduce his role in the day-to-day governing of Kandahar. The president's brother has been accused of ties to drug traffickers for many years and represents an impediment to transparency in Afghanistan. Carter's goals is to see to it that the actual governor of the Kandahar province gets to govern.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , NATO , Nick Carter , Afghanistan , Kandahar , J.J. Green
U.S. Afghan Pullout Confirmed
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was confident that U.S. troops could start to return home as planned from Afghanistan in July 2011 but he predicted a tough fight in the coming months. "There is going to be some tough fighting," Obama said at a joint news conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai,
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