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July 18, 2011

Senior Adviser To Afghan President Assassinated 
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In Afghanistan, a senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a
member of the Afghan parliament, were assassinated Sunday when gunmen
stormed a private home in Kabul. Karzai's aide, Jan Mohammad Khan, was
the former governor of Uruzgan province. His death came just days after
the killing of Ahmad Wali Karzai, a half-brother of President Hamid
Karzai. Meanwhile, the Taliban released footage appearing to show the
execution-style killing of 16 Afghan police officers in northwest
Pakistan.



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