[EOB] Hamid Karzai's Key Ally murdered in Operation Badar

Jan Mohammad Khan

Kabul:  A senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been murdered at his home near the parliament in Kabul, a senior government official told AFP on Sunday. Jan Mohammad Khan, former governor of southern Uruzgan province and a key ally of the embattled president, was killed in an attack that was still ongoing, according to Afghan news channel Tolo TV.

The killing comes less than a week after the president's half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated by a close friend at his home in the southern province of Kandahar, birthplace of the Taliban. “He (Khan) was very close to Karzai. He was as important as AWK (Ahmed Wali Karzai)”, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.