Daudzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff, Umar Daudzai is accused of receiving "bags of money" from Iran.

Karzai's bags of cash a conundrum for the U.S. Melissa Bell 2010

Karzai's chief of staff, Umer Daudzai, said in an interview Thursday that the president does not intend to grant an exemption for development firms.

U.S.-led Afghan reconstruction projects to end because of security dispute Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2010

Their "relationship is intimate," an Afghan political leader said of Daudzai and the Iranians.

Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . . Stanley Kutler 2010

Umar Daudzai, Karzai's chief of staff, is the acknowledged conduit for the Iranian money.

Stanley Kutler: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THAT. . . . Stanley Kutler 2010

Karzai said that his chief of staff and former Afghan ambassador to Tehran, Umar Daudzai, regularly collects the cash from Iranian officials on his orders.

World Watch 2010

Karzai's chief of staff, Mohammad Umer Daudzai, said in an interview Thursday that the president does not intend to grant an exemption for development firms.

Security ruling prompts firms to shutter major Afghan projects Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2010

He was responding to a New York Times article this week saying that Iran gave Karzai's chief of staff, Umer Daudzai, money in order to further an Iranian agenda in the Afghan palace and to buy his loyalty.

Karzai again blasts security firms' role in Afghanistan Joshua Partlow 2010

Daudzai said the Afghan government would be open to an extension "of a few months" if development firms and the foreign governments that fund them propose "a good plan" to transfer security responsibilities to the Afghan police and army, perhaps by integrating some of the Afghan private guards into government security ranks.

Security ruling prompts firms to shutter major Afghan projects Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2010

Daudzai served as Karzai's chief of staff from 2003 to 2005 before becoming Afghanistan's ambassador to Tehran for two years and then returning to the chief of staff job in 2007.

Karzai again blasts security firms' role in Afghanistan Joshua Partlow 2010

Daudzai said the Afghan government would be open to an extension "of a few months" if development firms and the foreign governments that fund them propose "a good plan of action" to transfer security responsibilities to the Afghan police and army, perhaps by integrating some of the Afghan private guards into government security ranks.

U.S.-led Afghan reconstruction projects to end because of security dispute Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2010