The cleric who was killed , Maulavi Abdullah Fayaz , leader of the Council of Clerics of Kandahar , was well known for his support for the government of President Hamid Karzai and his strong stance against the remnants of the Taliban leadership that continue to foment an insurgency in southern and eastern Afghanistan .
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Hamid Karzai
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Afghanistan
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