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Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai’s brother, a key Afghan businessman detained by Taliban at Kabul airport
2022-11-07
[KhaamaPress] Mahmood Karzai, a key Afghan businessman and brother of former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
was detained at the Kabul airport, sources told Khaama Press.

A source close to the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
’s prime minister’s office who does not want to be named in this report told Khaama Press that Mahmood Karzai was detained by the Taliban’s intelligence service from the Kabul airport as he was boarding on an Ariana Airlines flight to Dubai.

This has Mahmood Karzai’s recent picture with long beard and traditional Afghan dressing went viral on social media last week. He usually used to be clean-shaved with suit and necktie.

The source who spoke to Khaama Press believes the motive behind the detention of Mahmood Karzai maybe the political remarks of his brother Hamid Karzai.

Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah
...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president...
are the two high level politicians who remained in Afghanistan during the rule of Taliban.

Karzai has continuously pushed the Taliban administration to reopen girl’s school and to form an inclusive government.

Mahmood Karzai is a major shareholder of a modern commercial city of Aino Mina in the Southern Kandahar province. Former President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
had accused him for seizing government lands to build the Aino Mina city on during the presidency of his brother, Hamid Karzai.
Tolo News adds:
Bilal Karimi, the Islamic Emirate's deputy spokesperson, confirmed that Mahmood Karzai was prohibited from leaving Afghanistan due to a legal issue but denied the arrest of Mahmood Karzai.

Mahmood Karzai was appointed as minister of Urban Development and Land by former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
in June 2020 and was approved by the parliament in late December of the same year.

Mahmood Karzai was working as Minister of Urban Development and Land until the collapse for the western-backed government of Ashraf Ghani.
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