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Exile On Charles Street: The Life of Qayum Karzai

Photo by J.M. Giordano

Baltimore City Paper | March 3, 2015

Qayum Karzai owns four restaurants in Baltimore, just ran for President of Afghanistan, and according to one account, was the eminence grise behind his brother's power.

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