Northern Virginians mourn Ghulam Haider Hamidi, assassinated Kandahar mayor

As she stood over her father's corpse laid out by the veranda of her home in Kandahar, Rangina Hamidi initially felt grateful. She was relieved the suicide bomber's explosion did not shatter his handsome, angular face, only his back and neck. Then she turned to his feet, still chilly from the hospital morgue.

She kissed them.

Now she felt guilty. Several years ago, she was the one who lobbied her father, Ghulam Haider Hamidi, to quit his routine accountant's job at an Alexandria travel company and move to their home town of Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he served as mayor until his assassination Wednesday.

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Karen Tumulty 02 Aug, 2011

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