Details continue to come in after Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot and killed by a trusted friend and member of his security detail in Kandahar this morning. Karzai was the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The BBC’s Bilal Sawary, who has met Ahmed Wali Karzai before, has the latest details of this developing story.
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