Adviser to Afghan President Murdered

[tekisui]

Source: AFP

KABUL, Afghanistan — A senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been murdered at his home near the parliament in Kabul, a senior government official told AFP on Sunday.

Jan Mohammad Khan, former governor of southern Uruzgan province and a key ally of the embattled president, was killed in an attack that was still ongoing, according to Afghan news channel Tolo TV.

The killing comes less than a week after the president's half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated by a close friend at his home in the southern province of Kandahar, birthplace of the Taliban.

"He (Khan) was very close to Karzai. He was as important as AWK (Ahmed Wali Karzai)," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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[EFerrari]

1. So, is this a hint about regime change? Karzai must be

freaking right about now.

[tekisui]

2. It seems like at least a warning that he better not try to hang on to

power beyond this term.

I'd be nervous if I were him.