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Karzai’s Shadow Network: Intelligence Leak Reveals Power Struggle Inside Taliban’s Security Command

From patron to power broker: Karzai’s alleged role in shaping Taliban intelligence

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Sep 02, 2025
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Former President Karzai and his loyalist in the Taliban Intelligence Agency (GDI)

Exclusive: A confidential intelligence leak from within the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) in REDACTED province has exposed a covert power struggle involving former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban Spiritual Leader. The report, obtained from vetted sources embedded in the GDI, suggests that Karzai’s family network has infiltrated key positions within the Taliban’s intelligence infrastructure—raising alarms about factionalism and foreign influence in post-2021 Afghanistan.

Financial Ties and Covert Support

According to the intelligence, Karzai’s cousins—REDACTED—provided sustained financial support to Taliban factions in the southwest zone from 2014 until the fall of Kabul in August 2021. The funds reportedly enabled guerrilla operations against the Ghani administration, including the procurement of silencers and pistols from Iran and Russia.

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These weapons were allegedly funneled to REDACTED, then commander of Taliban guerrilla units in REDACTED province. The report claims Karzai’s support was instrumental in empowering Taliban factions aligned with Maulvi Muhammad REDACTED, who played a key role in destabilizing Kabul during Ghani’s presidency.

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