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Abdul Qadir, vice-president in Hamid Karzai's Transitional Government since June 2002, was assassinated at the age of 48 in Kabul on July 6, 2002. Qadir was a Pashtun from the Ahmadzai tribe. During the Soviet-Afghan war, he was a key commander with the Hezb-I-Islami (Islamic party). After the fall of Najibullah's government in 1992 he was appointed governor of Nengarhar province, but driven out after 1994. Qadir took refuge in neighbouring Pakistan in 1996, and later left for Germany. Three years later he joined the Tajik and Uzbek-dominated Northern Alliance. His presence in the alliance ensured its influence in the Pashtun east. After the fall of the Taliban in November 2001, he resumed his post as governor of Nangarhar, and joined the first Interim Administration (December 2001-June 2002) as urban development minister.

Resources in This Category

• A Powerful Figure In and Out of Afghanistan

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/international/asia/07QADI.html
  Portrait of the murdered vice president Hajji Abdul Qadir. New York Times, US (free registration necessary).

• Abdul Qadir

  http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/08/guardianobituaries.afghanistan
  Obituary of the murdered politician.

• Former Anti-Taliban Commander Haji Abdul Qadir Stresses Ethnic Harmony

  http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav061902.shtml
  Interview conducted by Camelia Entekhabi-Fard.

 

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