Karzai admits receiving money from the CIA secret for 10 years

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed that his office r ecibió cash from the U.S. government, shortly after the newspaper The New York Times' report on alleged payments millionaires by the CIA for more than a decade. "Yes, the office of national security adviser has been receiving support from the U.S. government in the last 10 years , no large-scale, but on a small scale, "reads a statement issued by Karzai's office. According to the Afghan president, the amounts are devoted to "operational purposes" and "health" and "to pay rents of houses." "The help was very useful and we are very grateful," he said without adding further details.

Money shopping bags

As reported by The New York Times quoted U.S. officials and Afghanistan, the CIA handed over more than ten years tens of millions of dollars in cash to the Afghan president's office. The money from the intelligence services were delivered in suitcases, backpacks and shopping bags. According to sources, was intended to ensure the influence of the CIA in the Afghan government, but mainly served to exacerbatecorruption and give more power to the warlords. The money "came out secretly and in secret" , the newspaper said Khalil Roman, who was deputy secretary of Karzai's Cabinet between 2002 and 2005. "We called ghost money". "The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan was the United States," said one U.S. source. Both the Afghan presidential palace and the U.S. embassy in Kabul so far refused to comment.