My Favorite Afghan

Top-secret US military intelligence documents which could compromise Hamid Karzai's government have turned up for sale in an Afghan bazaar, after apparently being stolen from a nearby US military base. The files are stored on computer memory sticks and among those to come to light so far are lists of top Afghan officials, including cabinet members, suspected of involvement in drugs or of supporting the Taliban. One of the most potentially damaging files, names senior Afghan ministers whom US intelligence agencies believe to be drug smugglers. Described as "Tier One Warlords", they include Marshal Mohammad Fahim, former defense minister and now a member of the upper house of the Afghan parliament; General Rashid Dostum, Chief of Staff of the army; and General Mohammad Daoud, presently the Interior Minister for Counter-Narcotics.
One of those on the list is Sher Mohammad Akhundzada, until recently governor of Helmand province. Mr Aka was given a seat in Afghanistan's new upper house by President Karzai in December, shortly after 10 tons of opium were found stored in his offices.
A US Army spokesman Lieutenant Mike Cody said the US forces "take operational security seriously. We will not comment in detail on these reports but the circumstances are being reviewed."
Despite checks on all workers coming on or off the base, the bazaar is well known as a repository for goods stolen by Afghan workers or sold on the black market by US servicemen or contractors.