The Killing of Razeq: Removing the Taleban’s strongest foe in Kandahar, an indirect hit at elections
Thomas Ruttig
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An attack in Kandahar city has left the province’s governor, NDS chief and police commander, the unrivalled strongman of southern Afghanistan, General Abdul Razeq, dead. The commander of United States and NATO forces, General Scott Austin Miller who had just been meeting the three, was unharmed. The attack mimics earlier assassinations of officials and strongmen. […]
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