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Hashmat Karzai was an Afghan-American businessman and political advisor.


Biography

Hashmat Khalil Karzai was born in
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Bomber who killed Afghan president's cousin hid explosives under cap
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'', He was a cousin of Afghan President
Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...
.Afghanistan bomber kills president's cousin Hashmat Karzai
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Powerful Cousin of Afghan President Karzai Killed in Kandahar
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'', July 29, 2014Kandahar suicide attack kills cousin of Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai
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'', July 29, 2014 Karzai ran security and construction companies in Afghanistan. He was a powerbroker in the
Kandahar Province Kandahār ( ps, ; Kandahār, prs, ; ''Qandahār'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south. It is surrounded by Helmand in the west, Uruzga ...
and was seen as a tribal leader of the
Popalzai Popalzai or Popalzay ( ps, پوپلزی), also known as Popal, are Durrani (formerly called Abdali or Bor Tareen) Pashtuns of Afghanistan. The Popalzai are part of the Zirak confederation of Pashtun tribes. The origin of the Abdali forefather ...
, a
Pashtun tribe The Pashtun tribes ( ps, پښتانه قبايل), historically also known as Afghan tribes, are the tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who use the Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali code of conduct. They ar ...
. He was a supporter of presidential candidate
Ashraf Ghani Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Born in ...
. Some sources go as far as to call him his "campaign manager." Additionally, he held an American passport.


Personal life

Karzai had a pet lion and smoked cigars. He was called by many in Kandahar as the "Lion of Kandahar".


Death

Hashmat Karzai was killed by a suicide bomber at his private residence in Karz near
Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the c ...
on July 29, 2014.


References

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