Ahmed Wali Karzai

• Afghan leaders fear execution in Taliban birthplace

  After a spate of Taliban assassinations in the key Afghan city of Kandahar, top politicians and police are stepping up security in a desperate bid to ensure they are not next to die.

• Weeping Karzai buries assassinated brother

  A weeping Afghan President Hamid Karzai led thousands of mourners today in burying his brother, assassinated by his own head of security in the southern city of Kandahar.      Ahmed Wali Karzai was for years dogged by allegations of links to the drugs trade and corruption, but his death is a huge blow for NATO and the gover...

• Taliban claims responsibility for assassinating Afghan President's younger brother

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai's younger brother, a key powerbroker in the south of the country, was assassinated on Tuesday depriving NATO of a vital if controversial ally.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing of Ahmed Wali Karzai in his own home, but spy officials said the Kandahar provincial council chief was shot twice in the head b...