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Nato Kills Karzais Cousin
[Tolo News] An elderly cousin of President  Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabanni in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... has been killed during a Nato operation in the southern city of Kandahar. Haji Yar Mohammad Karzai, a second cousin of the Afghanistan's Caped President has reprotedly been killed during a night raid in Karz village of Dand district in Kandahar province. The Afghanistan's Caped President's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, has confirmed that Haji Yar Mohammad has been killed accidentally during a Nato operation in Dand district. Mr Ahmed Wali Karzai declined to comment further on the murder. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... a front man for Kandahar governor also confirmed the death. The funeral cermony of Haji Yar Mohammad was held in the province today at which senior tribal elders including Mr Wali Karzai had gathered. President Karzai's Spokesperson Waheed Omar has said the President has ordered the Afghan cops to immediately investigate about the incident. "Like always with any other civilian casualty the president was saddened because he takes the loss of life extremely seriously," Mr Omar has told Guardian. It is not clear why the operation was launched in the district what exactly happened. Mahmoud Karzai, one of the president's brothers, has said the killing was a "shocking development" and that he could not understand why Nato forces would be hunting for Death Eaters in Karz, which he believes is a relatively peaceful village of Dand district. Karz is the birth place of the Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Karzai. It is not clear whether the operation in President Karzai's village will futher strain his relation with the United States that is already believed to be frosty. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-11 |
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