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| Suicide Attack in Ahmad Wali Karzai's Remembrance in Kandahar |
| 2011-07-15 |
| [Tolo News] A jacket wallah detonated his explosives at a remembrance for President Karzai's brother Ahmad Wali Karzai in southern Kandahar province, local officials said. Two people were killed and 17 others were hurt in the incident, police officials said. The suicide bomber had placed explosives in his turban before making his way into the mosque. Hekmatullah Hekmat, head of Kandahar Clerics Council has been killed in the attack, officials added. The incident took place in Kandahar central mosque where Afghan officials gathered to remember Ahmad Wali Karzai. In a separate incident in Loya Wiala area three non-combatants were killed and one other was injured after a roadside kaboom blast hit a police convoy. On Wednesday the body of Ahmad Wali Karzai, half-brother of President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani 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... and head of Kandahar provincial council, was buried in Karz area of Dand district in Kandahar province. President Karzai, high ranking government officials, politicians and thousands of others attended the funeral ceremony. Mr Karzai's special security team had tightened security around the compound during the funeral ceremony. Some helicopters could be seen circling overhead. President Karzai, after laying his brother's body in grave, called on the Taliban to stop killing their Afghan brothers. "Along the convoy of these deaders, peace efforts will continue and will even become stronger. Every problem in this country is because of insecurity and war. Our intention for peace and stability in Afghanistan take more strength now," President Karzai said. President Karzai assigned Shah Wali Karzai, other half-brother of Karzai, as successor of Ahmad Wali Karzai. President Karzai returned back to Kabul after the funeral ceremony. Mr Wali Karzai was rubbed out at around 10:30 am by one of his bodyguards named Sardar Mohammad on Tuesday. Sardar Mohammad, was also related to Poplazai tribe and a close relative of the Karzai family. |
| Posted by:Fred |