Karzai Cousin Killed: Bomber Shook His Hand, Detonated

Three years after Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother was assassinated—and a weeping Karzai climbed into his grave—a suicide bomber has killed Karzai's cousin, an official says. According to a rep for Kandahar province's governor, the attacker shook hands with Ashmat Khlil Karzai near the Karzai family residence before detonating a bomb hidden in his turban, the AP reports. Ashmat Khlil Karzai was also a politician who supported finance minister Ashraf Ghani to be Afghanistan's next president. Ghani and his opponent, ex-foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, have both pointed to fraud in the presidential election; yesterday, President Karzai called for a quick resolution to a ballot audit, the AP notes. (More Hamid Karzai stories.)