Karzai’s cousin killed in bomb attack

President Hamid Karzai’s powerful cousin has been killed in a suicide-bomb attack at his home near the Suthern province of Kandahar, officials says.

Hashmat Karzai was an election-campaign manager in Kandahar for Ashraf Ghani, one of the two presidential candidates involved in a dispute over scheme that pressure to push the country into a new spell of instability.

Hashmat Karzai, was killed by a man with explosives hidden inside his turban when visitors arrived to celebrate Eid on Tuesday, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

“A suicide bomber disguised as a guest came to Hashmat Karzai’s house to greet him,” Dawa Khan Minapal, the Kandahar provincial governor’s spokesman, told AFP news agency.

“After he hugged Hashmat, he blew up his explosives and killed him.”

This is not the first time that President Karzai’s family members have been aimed.

Karzai’s brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, was shot dead in his home in the city of Kandahar by an unknown assailants before seven years.