Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said yesterday he doubted that US diplomatic cables leaked by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks were real.
In one leaked cable, US diplomats said one of Karzai's deputies had transported 52 million dollars out of the country in suitcases, but the president said American officials kept a close watch on claims of corruption.
"If this was true... the American government has been talking to us every day about corruption, every day they come and give us examples, every day they come and bring even a (corruption) case of 5000 dollars," he said at a news conference with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
"How come they did not report to the president about 52 million dollars?"