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Name | Abdul Qadir Arsala عبد القادر |
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Image caption | Abdul Qadir (2001)left with Massoud] |
Order | Vice President of Afghanistan |
President | Hamid Karzai |
Term start | October 2001 |
Term end | July 2002 (death) |
Birth place | Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
Death place | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hajji Abdul Qadir Arsala (c. 1951 in Jalalabad, Afghanistan-July 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan) () was a former anti-Taliban leader in the United Islamic Front (Northern Alliance) in Afghanistan. After the fall of the Taliban regime he became a Vice President of Afghanistan in the administration of Hamid Karzai as well as the Minister of Public Works.
Abdul Qadir was the governor of his home province of Nangarhar from 1992 to 1996 before the Taliban gained power. He shortly retook the position after the fall of the Taliban regime in October 2001. The capital of Nangarhar is the famous city of Jalalabad.
Qadir belonged to one of the most influential, affluent and prominent families in the east of Afghanistan. Qadir was the brother of Abdul Haq, a famous Pashtun anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban resistance leader who was executed in late 2001 by the Taliban.
Category:2002 deaths Category:1951 births Category:Pashtun people Category:Vice Presidents of Afghanistan Category:Arsala family Category:Assassinated Afghan politicians Category:Deaths by firearm in Afghanistan Category:People murdered in Afghanistan Category:Hezb-e Islami Khalis politicians
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