Link: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Anger-at-corruption-arrest.5850339.jp

When Afghan intelligence officials swooped on a corrupt police colonel accused of running a sophisticated drug smuggling ring, they expected high praise from their political masters. But instead of congratulations, there were "howls of protest" from the presidential palace, officials said. A triumphant press conference was cancelled. The interior minister was furious, intelligence sources told The Scotsman, because the target – a border police chief in the southern province of Kandahar – was linked to president Hamid Karzai's half-brother. AWIP: Corrupt & Unelected Karzai sworn in as Afghan president.