Ahmed Wali Karzai

A suicide bomb attack killed at least four people this morning at one of Kandahar’s largest mosques during the funeral of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The deceased Karzai was the powerful provincial council chairman of Kandahar, before he was assassinated by a police commander and family friend earlier this […]

The Taliban is denying responsibility for a suicide bomb that took the lives of at least four people this morning at the funeral of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a powerful leader in Kandahar. The BBC’s Bilal Sawary  is on the ground in Kandahar and has the latest updates on […]

Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s half-brother and head of Afghanistan’s Kandahar provincial council, was killed early Tuesday morning at his home. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination, though their claims remain unconfirmed. Karzai was a powerful figure in Kandahar and his death may result in an unpredictable struggle for power, impacting […]

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.

Daoud Sultanzoy, Afghani parliament member speaks about Ahmed Wali Karzai’s death, and Joshua Foust, a fellow at the American Security Project, talks about what’s next for NATO’s fight against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.