Karzai Targets Two U.S.-Backed Task Forces - WSJ.com: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai stepped up tensions with the U.S. on Wednesday by asserting control over two American-backed anticorruption task forces, ordering a handpicked committee to review all their investigations.
U.S. officials see Mr. Karzai's decision as a way for the Afghan president to limit the inquiries that may touch his inner circle.
A senior U.S. official described the move, which followed last week's arrest of a senior presidential aide on corruption charges, as 'a huge blow' to U.S.-backed efforts to clean up corruption in Afghanistan.
'What they're trying to do, what they're saying to us is: 'We don't care what you think. We've had enough,' ' the official said.
U.S. officials say they are worried that members of both units may be in grave danger and are moving to try to protect them as best they can."
