Web Special: Afghan President Karzai’s brother linked to CIA

Today, the New York Times reports that the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been receiving regular payments from the CIA for the past eight years. The report says Ahmed Wali Karzai helped to recruit for an Afghan paramilitary force and has acted as a go-between to Taliban leaders. Ahmed Wali Karzai has denied the payments, but admits to helping the Americans.

The alleged relationship between President Karzai's brother and the CIA brings into focus US policy in the country - just ahead of next week's presidential run-off elections.

Joining us today are Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould. They began reporting in Afghanistan in 1981 - when they were the first American journalists to go behind Soviet lines. They are the authors of the book, Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story, published this year by City Lights.