Ahmed Wali Karzai

Ahmed Wali Karzai احمد ولي کرزی
Ahmed Wali Karzai speaking to the media following a shura in Kandahar in June 2010.
Born	1961 Karz, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Died	12 July 2011(2011-07-12) (aged 50) Kandahar, Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghanistan
Occupation	Politician, businessman
Known for	Politics, running a restaurant
Children	2 sons and 3 daughters

Ahmed Wali Karzai (Pashto: احمد ولي کرزی‎, Aḥmad Walī Karzay, 1961 – 12 July 2011) was a politician in Afghanistan who served as Chairman of the Kandahar Provincial Council from 2005 until his death. He was the younger paternal half-brother of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and an elder of the Popalzai tribe. Wali Karzai formerly lived in the United States where he managed a restaurant owned by his family. He returned to Afghanistan following the removal of the Taliban government in late 2001. He has been accused of political corruption and was allegedly on the CIA payroll. He was assassinated by one of his close bodyguards, Sardar Mohammad, on 12 July 2011.

Karzai was born in 1961 in the village of Karz in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. He is the son of Abdul Ahad Karzai and brother of Hamid Karzai, Mahmud Karzai and Qayum Karzai. He attended Habibia High School in Kabul but was not able to finish his studies due to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He travelled to neighbouring Pakistan and then immigrated to the United States. Wali Karzai managed an Afghan restaurant in Chicago that was owned by his family. Ahmad Wali returned to Pakistan in the late 1980s to help his father, Abdul Ahad.