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Suicide bomber hits funeral of Karzai's brother
A senior cleric is among those killed by a suicide bomber who targeted the funeral of the assassinated brother of the Afghan president.
14 Jul 2011
Suicide attack at funeral for Karzai's brother
At least four people killed in bomb attack at service for Afghan president's assassinated brother.
14 Jul 2011
Afghanistan's first female military pilots arrive in US for training
Afghanistan's first crop of female military pilots have arrived in the US for training this week.
14 Jul 2011
President Karzai buries slain brother in Kandahar
The Afghan president briefly climbed down into the grave of his brother and offered a short prayer during the funeral in the family’s ancestral village of Karz, 15 miles from Kandahar city.
13 Jul 2011
Afghan president attends funeral of brother who was assassinated.
12 Jul 2011
Ahmad Wali Karzai's assassination leaves a power vacuum in Kandahar and seriously weakens both the Afghan government and Nato efforts to prop it up, writes Michael Semple.
IN AFGHANISTAN
Turban-Hidden Bomb Is Detonated at Service for Karzai’s Brother
By TAIMOOR SHAH, ALISSA J. RUBIN and JACK HEALY
I. Sameem/European Pressphoto Agency
Afghan security officials on Thursday stood guard near a mosque in Kandahar where a suicide bomber detonated explosives.
At least three people were killed when a suicide bomber snuck a bomb into a Kandahar mosque by hiding it under his turban.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Suicide Bomber Hits Service for Brother Of Afghan President
At least three people were killed when a suicide bomber snuck a bomb into a Kandahar mosque by hiding it under his turban.
July 14, 2011Karzai Appoints Another Brother as Successor in Kandahar
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan moved swiftly to unite both the tribes and political support around him in the face of the continuing insurgency.
July 13, 2011Suicide Bomber Kills 5 French Soldiers in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed five French troops guarding a meeting between NATO officers and Afghan tribal elders on Wednesday morning northeast of the capital.
July 13, 2011
Hamid Karzai Faces Uphill Climb in Afghanistan
The political, economic, military and diplomatic troubles facing President Hamid Karzai are making him appear increasingly isolated and overwhelmed.
July 13, 2011
Half Brother of Hamid Karzai Is Killed in Kandahar
A family associate shot Ahmed Wali Karzai, a provincial council chairman, at close range, friends said.
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