Karzai critic gets new job -- Maurin Picard in Vienna

On July 27, in an article published by the New York Times Magazine, he accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of protecting drug lords for political motives. Located mainly in the lawless province of Helmand (South), opium production skyrocketed in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007, making the country the supplier of 93 % of the world’s heroin.

U.N. says corruption helps Afghan drug lords evade justice ...
U.N. says corruption helps Afghan drug lords evade justice Reuters