Officials: Aghan President Karzai's Half-Brother Shot Dead

[Hissyspit]

Source: CNN

Officials: Aghan president's half-brother shot dead

By the CNN Wire Staff
July 12, 2011 3:35 a.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Ahmed Wali Karzai is killed at his home
He was entertaining friends at the time, the governor says

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot dead at his home in Kandahar on Tuesday, the provincial governor's office said.

Ahmed Wali Karzai was killed during a gathering at his home, said Kandahar governor Tooryalai Wesa. He did not know a motive.

"President Karzai's brother Ahmad Wali Karzai has been shot to death by some his friends that he had received at his house this morning," Wesa told CNN.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/afghanistan.karzai.brother

[No Elephants]

1. Not wishing anyone any physical harm, but the family could hardly be more corrupt.

[Tx4obama]

2. Al Jazeera is saying reports suggest that he was shot dead

# AJELive

Early reports suggest Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot dead by one attacker, armed with a pistol. #Afghanistan half a minute ago via web


# AJELive

Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan president, killed in Kandahar: Provincial Governor's Spokesman

http://twitter.com/AJELive

[Tx4obama]

3. Reuters is now saying he is DEAD

BreakingNews

Ahmad Wali Karzai, a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, is killed by an assassin in his house, family member says - Reuters


http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/90684434633850880

[Tx4obama]

4. Here's a LINK from Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/12/us-afghanistan-karzai-brother-idUSTRE76B0ZE20110712

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5. "Some of his friends?" With friends like those . . .

[Tx4obama]

7. It was his bodyguard. See comment #6 n/t

[Tx4obama]

6. Not independently confirmed yet: Wali Karzai was shot dead by his bodyguard

SNIP

"I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house," Zalmay Ayoubi, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, told the Reuters news agency.

Wali Karzai was shot dead by his bodyguard, Sardar Mohammad, Ayoubi said, according to the Afghan TOLO news agency. Al Jazeera could not independently confirm that report.

Wali Karzai was the head of the Kandahar provincial council and one of the most powerful men in the country. He has been described in various media reports as a "warlord" in involved in drug smuggling and as a paid asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.

In response to Karzai's killing, police mobilised a massive response in Kandahar city, according to Kabul-based journalist Matthieu Aikins, who spoke to a resident. Checkpoints were "locked down," helicopters hovered overhead, and the road to the hospital, where Wali Karzai's body was taken, was blocked off, Aikins wrote on Twitter.

SNIP

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/07/20117127299662659.html

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8. AJE Kabul bureau spoke to another Ahmed Wali Karzai bodyguard who says #AWK was shot in stomach and

aljazeeraenglish @AJELive AJE Kabul bureau spoke to another Ahmed Wali Karzai bodyguard who says #AWK was shot in stomach and chest as he emerged from bathroom.
HootSuite • 7/12/11 4:10 AM

[Tx4obama]

9. ... was shot in stomach and chest as he emerged from bathroom

AJELive

AJE Kabul bureau spoke to another Ahmed Wali Karzai bodyguard who says #AWK was shot in stomach and chest as he emerged from bathroom.

http://twitter.com/AJELive/status/90694384076591104

[Duppers]

10. I see trouble in Karzai's future

or perhaps this was a drug deal gone bad? <a little humor>

[Tx4obama]

12. See comment #11 . n/t

[Tx4obama]

11. UPDATES - Taliban claims responsibility for the killing

# AJELive

AFP: Taliban claim responsibility for Ahmed Wali Karzai killing, says it is "one our biggest achievements". http://aje.me/ovgLN6 4 minutes ago via HootSuite


# AJELive

Hamid Karzai attends scheduled press conference with Sarkozy, confirms brother's death, says "this is the life of the #Afghan people".

http://twitter.com/AJELive


Goodnight.

[avaistheone1]

13. Is this the brother that is the drug kingpin in Afghanistan?

[MinneapolisMatt]

14. Karzai's brother killed by bodyguard

Source: ABC News (Australia)

The half-brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai, has been assassinated at his home in Kandahar.

Initial details were sketchy, but Kandahar provincial government spokesman Zalmay Ayubi confirmed the killing.

"We can confirm he has been martyred," he said. "I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house."

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the assassination.

But Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, head of the counter-terrorism department at the interior ministry, said the killing was probably the work of someone from Ahmad Wali Karzai's inner circle.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-12/karzais-brother-killed-by-bodyguard/2792046

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15. Duplicate LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4916054

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16. "We can confirm he has been martyred,"

was something lost in translation?