Kabul, Shawwal 2, 1435, Jul 29, 2014, SPA -- A cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was killed by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, police said, according to dpa. The attacker had packed explosives inside his turban and entered Hashmat Karzai's house for Eid greetings in Kandahar province. He detonated the bomb while greeting Karzai, provincial police spokesman Zia-ur-Rahman Durrani said. The incident occurred on the second day of Eid, which marks end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Hashmat Khalil Karzai was an influential member of the provincial council. He supported presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in the disputed election this year. President Karzai survived an attempt on his life in 2002, while visiting his home province of Kandahar. One of his bodyguards was killed in the attack. In 2011, his younger brother Ahmad Wali Karzai, known as the most powerful man in the southern region, was shot dead by his bodyguard. --SPA 13:10 LOCAL TIME 10:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w