Hashmat Karzai
{{Short description|Afghan-American businessman and political advisor}}
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| death_date = July 29, 2014
| death_place = Karz, Afghanistan
| death_cause = Suicide bombing
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| nationality =Afghan, American
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| occupation = Businessman, political advisor
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| children = Safiullah Karzai (son)
3 daughters
| parents = Khalil Karzai
| relatives = Hamid Karzai (cousin)
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Hashmat Khan Karzai was an Afghan-American businessman and political advisor.
Biography
Hashmat Khalil Karzai was born in Afghanistan.Hashmat Baktash, [http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-afghanistan-pakistan-suicide-bomber-kills-cousin-hashmat-karzai-20140729-story.html Bomber who killed Afghan president's cousin hid explosives under cap], The Los Angeles Times, He was a cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28539591 Afghanistan bomber kills president's cousin Hashmat Karzai], BBC,Margherita Stancati, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/suicide-bomber-kills-president-karzais-cousin-hashmat-karzai-in-afghanistan-1406625071 Powerful Cousin of Afghan President Karzai Killed in Kandahar], The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2014[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/29/kandahar-suicide-attack-cousin-afghanistan-president-hamid-karzai Kandahar suicide attack kills cousin of Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai], The Guardian, July 29, 2014 Karzai ran security and construction companies in Afghanistan. He was a powerbroker in the Kandahar Province and was seen as a tribal leader of the Popalzai, a Pashtun tribe. He was a supporter of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani. Some sources go as far as to call him his "campaign manager." Additionally, he held an American passport.
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Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Afghan murder victims
Category:People murdered in Afghanistan
Category:People from Kandahar Province
Category:20th-century Afghan people
Category:20th-century businesspeople