Devastated, weeping Karzai buries brother

July 13, 2011 14:45

A weeping Afghan President Hamid Karzai led thousands of mourners today in burying his brother, assassinated by his own head of security in 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 government, who made him the key powerbroker in the south and threatens to fan insecurity.

The Afghan leader cried openly during the burial, at one point climbing inside the grave to help move his brother's body and kissing his forehead as the corpse was lowered into the ground. Friends and officials tried to calm Karzai and help him out, but he stayed inside the grave and many in the surrounding crowd were also in tears.

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