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July 29, 2014

Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Kills Hashmat Karzai, President's Cousin 
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In Afghanistan, a cousin and key ally of outgoing President Hamid Karzai
has been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the southern city of
Kandahar. Hashmat Karzai served as a campaign manager for Ashraf Ghani,
one of two candidates in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election.
Preliminary results showed Ghani won the vote, but his opponent Abdullah
Abdullah has claimed fraud, and a U.S.-brokered audit is underway.

 

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