Key Assassination in Afghanistan

Reports are in that Ahmed Wali Karzai, Chairman of the Kandahar Provincial Council and the younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated today.  Both "STRATFOR" and the Financial Times are reporting this incident.  Quoting from the Financial Times:

One of his bodyguards shot him on Tuesday at his house, a heavily-fortified compound in Kandahar city, Zalmay Ayoubi, spokesperson for the governor of Kandahar province said.

“A guard of Ahmed Wali Karzai named Sardar Mohammad opened fire and killed him. The other guards shot and killed Sardar Mohammad,” Mr Ayoubi said. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.

Afghanistan is a tough neighborhood.

Ms Lyse Doucet, of the BBC, said:

There's an old Afghan saying "whoever controls Kandahar, controls Afghanistan". Ahmad Wali Karzai was the lynchpin in so many areas, his death now leaves a dangerous vaccum.

As a side note, Mr Karzai used to work in a restaurant near Wrigley Field, in Chicago, IL.  Maybe he learned his approach to politics there.

Regards  —   Cliff

PS:  This article brings up an interesting question for me.  The URL for the Financial Times article itself is:

"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55645296-ac60-11e0-bac9-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1RtDaRktN"

However, when I copied out a portion of the article to peek your interest and perhaps get you to read more, they (the Financial Times) asked me to use this URL:

"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55645296-ac60-11e0-bac9-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1RtEbGspS"

They are the same up until the hash mark (#).  Is the information past the hash mark used to track information in some way?

I have sent them an EMail.