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Kandaharis protest US action against Afghan businessman

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of residents of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday rallied for leading Afghan businessman Hikmatullah Shadman.

A US court has charged Hikmatullah Shadman with giving bundles of $100 notes to at least two American soldiers in order to receive inflated supply contracts.

The Justice Department had earlier frozen more than $63m in bank accounts owned by Shadman, a logistics and construction company owner.The court has ordered the detention of Shadman and freezing of his account of $77 million.

A resident of Kandahar province, Janan Momin, said Shadman was a . . .

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