Karzai Buries a Brother, and Quickly Appoints Another as Successor - nytimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai wept as he buried his half brother in the family graveyard just south of the city of Kandahar on Wednesday morning, but moved swiftly to nominate another brother in his place within an hour to reinforce family and political pre-eminence in his ancestral homeland of Kandahar. - Karzai Buries His Half Brother
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