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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Assassinations of high-ranking figures in Afghanistan raise concerns about political stability, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said in its latest report.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 16 (UPI) -- The guard who assassinated Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother was a trusted CIA contact before he joined forces with the Taliban, The Independent reported.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 15 (UPI) -- The killer of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother helped fight the Taliban, his relatives say, but the Karzais say he switched sides.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 14 (UPI) -- Four people died Thursday in an explosion at a Kandahar mosque during a memorial service for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's slain half-brother, police said.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 13 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday buried his half-brother, assassinated the previous day in Kandahar, and named another brother to lead his tribe.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 12 (UPI) -- Ahmed Wali Karzai, a half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a powerful figure in Kandahar, was shot and killed Tuesday, Afghan officials said.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai operates a parallel government in the southern city of Kandahar, U.S. diplomatic cables from June 2009 reveal.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 15 (UPI) -- A bomb killed at least six people in Kandahar Thursday, while four German troops and three Afghan police officers died in northern Afghanistan, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan will rely on that country's government but the question is will the Afghans come through, The New York Times says.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in a news conference Tuesday, promised to fight corruption during his second term but provided few details.
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