Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- A cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai died in a bombing Tuesday , a provincial spokesman said , marking the latest killing of a Karzai relative . Hashmat Khalil Karzai , an influential figure in southern Kandahar , died in the blast , Kandahar provincial spokesman Dawa Khan Minapal said . Minapal said a suicide bomber was among a group of people who were visiting Hashmat Karzai at his house for Eid al-Fitr celebrations when he detonated his explosives . Hashmat Karzai was a member of Kandahar provincial council and was a key campaigner and ally of presidential candidate Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in the south of the country . The killing comes three years after the president 's half brother was killed and 15 years after his father was killed . In 2011 , half brother Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot to death in his home by a guard . Ahmed Wali Karzai was the Kandahar provincial council chief . A governor 's spokesman said he was shot by a guard , who was subsequently shot dead by other guards . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting , saying the guard was working for them . And in 1999 , Hamid Karzai 's father Abdul Ahad Karzai , a former senator in the Afghan parliament , was shot to death in Quetta , Pakistan . The family has blamed the Taliban for that assassination . Hamid Karzai is preparing to leave office after Afghanistan 's presidential election , which took place earlier this year . But both presidential contenders allege large-scale voter fraud . The President condemned the attrack . `` Every day , Afghans are martyred by the terrorists in Afghanistan and my family is not exceptional from this calamity and we accept this sacrifice , ' he said . CNN 's Masoud Popalzai reported from Kabul ; CNN 's Holly Yan reported and wrote from Atlanta .
NEW : President Karzai condemned the attack . Hashmat Khalil Karzai , the cousin of Pakistan , was killed by a suicide bomber . 1999 , the president 's half -brother was shot to death . President Karzai 's father was assassinated in 3 years ago in Hamid Karzai .