The brother of the Afghan president and chair of the Kandagar province Council Vali Karzai is going to make a legal claim against the New York Times magazine for libel. Karzai made this statement at a press conference in Kandagar.

According to some Russian online outlets, New York Times has been accusing the Afghan president’s brother of involvement in drug trade.

The Kandagar province leader says that his political adversaries stand behind such publications, and the purpose of these “ideological attacks” is to estrange him from the post of the chairman of the Council.

Vali Karzai says that the recent publication was launched after the tough statements made by Khamid Karzai against the United States after the mass killing of civilians in the Afghan city of Shindand. “I expected such a reaction from the American side after the critical speech of the president [Karzai] addressed to Washington”, — said Karzai.

After the killing of more than 90 residents of Shindand during the US air strike, the Afghan president dropped down on the US administration.

The Afghan presidents’ brother denies truthfulness in these publications. “For several years, the journalists have not come up with any real facts, — he said. — If they have any, why wouldn’t they present them to the international community?”

Karzai also said that his lawyer in New York City has already commenced the study of the case in order to initiate the lawsuit.

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