Friday, March 28, 2014

WSJ - Karzai Family Split Muddles Afghan Vote --- Some of President Hamid Karzai's influential relatives backed a rival to a candidate supported by the Afghan leader's brothers. -- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—Some of President Hamid Karzai's influential relatives backed a rival to a candidate supported by the Afghan leader's brothers, deepening a split in the family that stands to make Afghanistan's presidential race even more unpredictable.--- Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani appeared at a rally on Friday in the southern city of Kandahar with Hashmat and Hekmat Karzai, cousins of the Afghan president, as part of a two-day swing through eastern and southern Afghanistan. -- President Karzai's brothers Qayum and Mahmood, who exercise strong influence in Kandahar, are active backers of former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, another presidential candidate. Mahmood, however, has feuded with another Karzai brother, Shah Wali Karzai, the head of the president's tribe, over control of a housing development. - More, Nathan Hodge, at: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303325204579467561826668726

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