Assassination of Kandahar mayor deals another blow to Afghan president

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An assassin struck at the heart of President Hamid Karzai’s political machine in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing the mayor of Kandahar with an exploding turban and deepening a power vacuum in the Taliban’s main stronghold.

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