7/18/2011 02:41:00 AM
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Karzai adviser killed in Kabul
KABUL— Globe and Mail Update
A close adviser to President Hamid Karzai who had been a fierce foe of the Taliban in Afghanistan’s south was killed after a small team of gunmen stormed his walled home here in the capital.
The slain aide, Jan Mohammed Khan, was a former governor of the southern Uruzgan province who had been one of Mr. Karzai’s trusted allies and a regular presence inside the presidential palace. He was killed alongside a Member of Parliament from Uruzgan, Mohammed Hosham Watanwal.
The men’s deaths were confirmed by General Mohammed Zahir, a police official in Kabul.
The killings marked another potentially heavy blow for Mr. Karzai, coming just days after his powerful half-brother was assassinated by a close associate in southern Afghanistan.
Hundreds of police officers, soldiers and Afghan intelligence officers swarmed the scene in one of Kabul’s more affluent neighbourhoods, filling the streets where government officials and businessmen live behind high walls and steel gates, protected by many men with guns.
Sporadic gunfire rang through the dark streets, but it was unclear who was shooting.
The slaying of another Mr. Karzai ally from Afghanistan’s still-violent southern belt heightened concerns that militants were attempting to weaken the president’s standing and unravel fragile security gains there after months of intense fighting by NATO and Afghan forces.More....
The slain aide, Jan Mohammed Khan, was a former governor of the southern Uruzgan province who had been one of Mr. Karzai’s trusted allies and a regular presence inside the presidential palace. He was killed alongside a Member of Parliament from Uruzgan, Mohammed Hosham Watanwal.
The men’s deaths were confirmed by General Mohammed Zahir, a police official in Kabul.
The killings marked another potentially heavy blow for Mr. Karzai, coming just days after his powerful half-brother was assassinated by a close associate in southern Afghanistan.
Hundreds of police officers, soldiers and Afghan intelligence officers swarmed the scene in one of Kabul’s more affluent neighbourhoods, filling the streets where government officials and businessmen live behind high walls and steel gates, protected by many men with guns.
Sporadic gunfire rang through the dark streets, but it was unclear who was shooting.
The slaying of another Mr. Karzai ally from Afghanistan’s still-violent southern belt heightened concerns that militants were attempting to weaken the president’s standing and unravel fragile security gains there after months of intense fighting by NATO and Afghan forces.More....
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