Karzai takes bags of money from Iran, United States

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been called a “puppet president” by some and head of a corrupt regime by others. According to Associated Press accounts, Karzai has admitted he takes cash from Iran and also the United States – bags of cash, in fact. Some sources suggest that this anticlimactic revelation begs the question of whether Iran and also the United States are getting what they paid for.
Cash taken by Hamid Karzai for ‘official presidential expenses’
Reports indicate that Hamid Karzai accepts “donations” from Iran once or twice per year, in the amount of $700,000 to $975,000 per gift. The United States of America already knew regarding this Iranian assistance and has for a when, based on Karzai. He even goes so far as to say that “bags of money” come in from Washington itself. Some speculate Karzai came forward with this info to take the heat off his chief of staff, Umar Daudzai, whom the NY Times just lately reported as also taking cash from Iran. The money has allegedly been used to pay back Afghan lawmakers, tribal elders and high-ranking Taliban officials.
Karzai takes money from ’several nations’ because his office lacks income
The CIA World Factbook explains that Afghanistan’s economy had been really bad for a while. Then the Taliban regime in 2001 fell which helped. The nation has been getting international assistance however is nevertheless considered poor and “highly dependent on foreign aid, agriculture and trade with neighboring nations.”. This is supposedly true despite the fact that opium and hashish product comes from Afghanistan more than anywhere else within the world. It makes sense that Karzai would not be interested in enforcing the rules about illegal drug trade the Obama administration has accused him of having since the business makes the country a ton of money.
The public in Afghanistan shows Karzai as an ineffective ruler Today’s Views explains. The reason for this, say various sources on Wikipedia, is not what individuals assume. The economy in Afghanistan is agriculture based upon. Since poppies sell the most in Afghanistan, poor farmers end up within the drug business whether or not that is what they’d hope to be doing. The money does not all go to them either. It’s divided up. Many speculate that this may be because they are not the ones sending Karzai totes of cash.
Citations
Associated Press
newser.com/article/d9j2lc780/afghan-president-says-iran-and-us-give-bags-of-money-to-help-its-office.html
The Odora
theodora.com/wfbcurrent/afghanistan/afghanistan_economy.html
Today’s Views
todaysviews.com/?p=781
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan
The U.S. “double game”
youtube.com/watch?v=ir6IEOQ_4Go