Haji Abdul Qadeer

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Haji Abdul Qadeer
حاجی عبدالقدیر
Qadeer in 2002
Vice President of Afghanistan
In office
19 June 2002 – 6 July 2002
PresidentHamid Karzai
Personal details
Born1951
Jalalabad, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died6 July 2002(2002-07-06) (aged 50–51)
Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
RelationsDin Mohammad (brother)
Abdul Haq (brother)
OccupationMujahideen leader

Haji Abdul Qadeer (

Vice President of Afghanistan and Minister of Public Works in the administration of Hamid Karzai from 19 June 2002 until his assassination on 6 July 2002. He was the older brother of fellow anti-Soviet and Northern Alliance commander Abdul Haq, who was assassinated in late 2001 by the Taliban
.

Early life

Abdul Qadeer was born in 1951 in

Nangarhar
province in eastern Afghanistan.

On 27 September 1996, the

Yunus Khalis), however, he soon faced trouble with the authorities in Pakistan. Qadir then left for Germany.[1] In the following years he shuttled between Germany and Dubai
where he had started a trading business.

In 1999, Qadeer returned to Afghanistan and joined the

Turkmens. Qadeer came to lead the United Front's Eastern Shura and ensured the alliance's influence in the largely Pashtun east of Afghanistan.[1]

From the Taliban conquest in 1996 until November 2001 the United Front controlled roughly 30% of Afghanistan's population in provinces such as

Ghōr and Bamyan. Ahmad Shah Massoud
did not intend for the United Front to become the ruling government of Afghanistan. His vision was for the United Front to help establish a new government, where the various ethnic groups would share power and live in peace through a democratic form of government.

Qadeer's younger brother

9/11.[1]

After the fall of the Taliban regime Abdul Qadeer joined with two other leaders, Hazrat Ali and Haji Mohammed Zaman, to lead the Eastern Shura.[2] After the 2001 Bonn Conference on Afghanistan, Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai nominated Qadeer to be one of the Vice Presidents of Afghanistan, and Minister of Public Works.

Abdul Qadeer was alleged to have had connections with those engaged in Afghanistan's opium poppy trade.[3]

Death

On 6 July 2002, Qadeer and his son-in-law were killed by gunmen. In 2004, one man was sentenced to death and two others to prison sentences for the assassination.[4][5][6][7]

Personal life

Qadeer belonged to the very influential

Nangarhar. The capital of Nangarhar is Jalalabad. He had very strong ties with the late Afghan King, Zaher Shah. The Afghans, in particular the people of Nangarhar refer to him as the "Warrior of Afghanistan". He is known to have accomplished many things in the time of his power, especially in Nangarhar where he governed.[3]

Abdul Qadeer's son

Zahir Qadir, a former military commander in the Afghan National Army, is currently serving as the deputy speaker of the Afghan House of Representatives.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Meena Baktash (July 8, 2002). "Abdul Qadeer: Key leader in Afghan struggle". The Guardian. London. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
  2. ^ Pepe Escobar (December 7, 2001). "Taking a spin in Tora Bora". Asia Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2001. Retrieved December 31, 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b
    Syed Saleem Shahzad (July 9, 2002). "A body blow to U.S." Asia Times. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved December 31, 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  4. US Department of State
    . February 28, 2005. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
  5. ^ Burke, Jason (October 6, 2002). "A year of living on the edge". The Guardian. London. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
  6. Outlook India. November 8, 2002. Archived from the original
    on May 21, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
  7. ^ "Border clashes open new Afghan front line". London: The Telegraph. July 18, 2003. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
  8. ^ "Zahir Qadir elected as first deputy house speaker". Khaama Press. January 23, 2012.

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Political offices
Preceded by
?
 Governor of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
(? prior to Taliban period), again 2001–2002 		Succeeded by
Haji Din Mohammad


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