How Assassin Used Ruse To Kill Karzai Brother -- MSNBC
CAIRO – Ahmed Wali Karzai did not take his security lightly. As a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in Afghanistan, only a few people were able to get close to him, and even fewer would have been able to carry out Tuesday’s assassination. It was a well-planned attack. It was an act of betrayal.
According to Afghan sources, the killer, Sardar Mohammad, was a member of Karzai’s extended family clan, the Popalzai. He’d worked in security for the Karzai family for more than a decade and was once a personal bodyguard for another one of Karzai’s brothers.
On Tuesday morning Mohammad came to Ahmed Wali Karzai’s home in Kandahar – which doubles as an office – ready to kill.
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My Comment: The full story behind this assassination will probably be revealed in the next few days/weeks .... but there is no doubt about one thing, there is now a huge power vacuum in the Afghan elite.
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