Wednesday, 13 July – Local authorities in southern Afghanistan says, Gulab Mangal governor of Helmand province survived a roadside bomb attack in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday.
Sources further added, the governor was on his way to attend the funeral ceremony of Ahmad Wali Karzai who was assassinated yesterday.
According to a spokesman for Helmand governor, Dawood Ahmadi, the incident took place in Maiwand district of Kandahar province early Wednesday morning.
Mr. Dawood further added, at least two Afghan National Security Directorate agents were wounded following the incident.
Afghan president Hamid Karzai and a number of high rank Afghan officials on Wednesday gathered to attend the funeral ceremony of Ahmad Wali Karzai.
Ahmad Wali Karzai, half brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai was assassinatd by one of his private body guards early Tuesday morning.
Reports says that Ahmad Wali Karzai was attending a tribal meeting with elders and politicians at his heavily guarded house and was asked by one of his private security guard and then was shot dead.
According to officials who were present at Ahmad Wali Karzai’s hosue, at least three gun fires were heard soon after he was taken to another room.
Sources said that he received three shots one in the head, one in the chest and another in the hand.
His body guard was then killed by other security guards after the assassination took place.
Ahmad Wali Karzai, half brother and younger brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai was born in 1961.
