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Karzai’s brother attacked

KABUL: Gunmen fired rockets and machine guns at a motorcade carrying the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday in an apparent assassination attempt, the brother said. A bodyguard was killed.

Ahmad Wali Karzai said his convoy was on the way to Kabul from eastern Nangarhar province when gunmen attacked them in Surobi, a mountainous area about 40 km from the capital. He was not harmed. Mr. Wali Karzai was returning from a trip to the eastern city of Jalalabad, to thank provincial Governor Gul Agha Sherzai for not running against his brother in this year’s presidential election. Mr. Wali Karzai, who is the president of the provincial council of the southern Kandahar province, did not comment on who might want to kill him. — AP

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