Lifting the lid on spy game’s dirty underbelly

John Breslin on a court case that throws a spotlight on the murky world of international espionage and shady deals struck in Afghanistan.

IF anyone wanted a single person to blame for the heroin available in pretty much every major town in Ireland, then Haji Bashir Noorzai might be the man.

At least that’s according to US prosecutors, who have blamed the Afghan tribal leader of flooding their country and Europe with the drug.