KANDAHAR: A close ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot and killed in southern Afghanistan in what appeared to be the latest in a wave of attacks by resurgent Taliban, a provincial government official said yesterday.
Haji Gilani and his nephew were gunned down in Deh Rawood on Thursday night as they walked past their home, said Dad Mullah, a spokesman for the Uruzgan provincial government.
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