Kabul, Jul 12 (IANS): Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother was shot dead at his home in Kandahar Tuesday, a media report said.
Ahmed Wali Karzai, the Kandahar provincial council chief, was killed during a gathering, the CNN reported quoting provincial governor Tooryalai Wesa.
He did not know a motive. However, the governor's spokesman said that Karzai was killed by a guard.
The head of Kandahar Hospital, Mohammad Dawood Farhad said that Karzai suffered bullet wounds to his head and chest.