An elderly relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot dead by Nato forces during a botched night raid in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Karzai's brother said, stoking controversy over the war's civilian toll.
The mistaken killing of civilians by Nato troops is one of the most persistent sources of friction between Karzai and his Western backers, and was back in the spotlight this month after Washington offered a rare apology for the death of nine Afghan boys gunned down by helicopters while collecting firewood. Yar Mohammad Khan, a cousin of President Karzai's father, was shot dead when he emerged from his house during a raid by foreign troops in Kandahar, said provincial council head Ahmad Wali Karzai, who is also the president's brother.
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