Afghanistan bomber kills president's cousin Hashmat Karzai

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A suicide bomber has killed a cousin of President Hamid Karzai in the southern city of Kandahar, officials say.

Hashmat Karzai was greeting a well-wisher to his house when the man blew himself up. One report said explosives were hidden in the bomber's turban.
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He was a campaign manager for Ashraf Ghani, one of two presidential hopefuls vying to replace Hamid Karzai.
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The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says he had emerged as a significant power-broker in the politics of Kandahar, the most important city in the south of Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28539591

[bluedigger]

1. "Well-wisher?"