Monday, July 18, 2011

Afghan President's Adviser Killed In Attack

The Taliban claimed they carried out the attack, which seems to indicate a deliberate strategy of targeting the Afghan president's inner circle.

Hamid Karzai is most certainly getting a little worried about his safety with the Taliban working on killing all his advisors and family members.

Sounds like the Taliban is taking a page out of the United States playbook, target all the upper level guys and kill them.

Sky news
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's senior advisers has been killed by militants in an attack on his home in Kabul.

Police said two gunmen strapped with explosives stormed Jan Mohammad Khan's house murdering him and local politician Hasham Atanwal.

Officers killed one of the attackers before he could detonate his explosives. The other one blew himself up shortly after dawn after barricading himself in the house.

Jan Mohammed Khan was an adviser to Mr Karzai on tribal issues and was close to the president, a fellow Pashtun.

The Taliban claimed they carried out the attack, which seems to indicate a deliberate strategy of targeting the Afghan president's inner circle.

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