Karzai's cousin and Ghani ally killed in Afghan suicide attack

KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai's powerful cousin, a close ally of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani, was killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack at his home, the office of the southern province of Kandahar said. Hashmat Karzai was hosting an event at his house for the Eid al-Fitr holiday when a man set of hidden explosives. No one else was killed, the governor's office said. (Reporting by Jessica Donati; Editing by Robert Birsel) Read More http://ift.tt/1kkqf1D