- Source: Hashmat Karzai
Hashmat Khan Karzai was an Afghan-American businessman and political advisor.
Biography
Hashmat Khalil Karzai was born in Afghanistan. He was a cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Karzai ran security and construction companies in Afghanistan. He was a powerbroker in the Kandahar Province and was seen as a tribal leader of the Popalzai, a Pashtun tribe. He was a supporter of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani. Some sources go as far as to call him his "campaign manager." Additionally, he held an American passport.
= Personal life
=Karzai had a pet lion and smoked cigars. He was called by many in Kandahar as the "Lion of Kandahar".
= Death
=Hashmat Karzai was killed by a suicide bomber at his private residence in Karz near Kandahar on July 29, 2014.
References
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- Ashraf Ghani
- Kabul
- Hashmat Karzai
- Karzai (surname)
- Hamid Karzai
- Karz, Kandahar
- Zeenat Karzai
- Presidency of Hamid Karzai
- Mahmud Karzai
- Abdul Ahad Karzai
- Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai
- Habibullah Karzai
