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June 4, 2012

Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege

James Risen, New York Times

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With the end in sight for Hamid Karzai’s days in office as Afghanistan’s president, members of his family are trying to protect their status, weighing how to hold on to power while secretly fighting among themselves for control of the fortune they have amassed in the last decade.

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