Zahir Qadeer
Haji Abdul Zahir Qadeer (Pashto: حاجی عبدالظاهر قدیر) is a member of parliament in Afghanistan. He used to be a General in Afghanistan's Border Guard.
Zahir Qadeer ظاهر قدیر | |
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Qadeer in 2015 | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49-50) Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Politician |
Zahir Qadeer is the son of Haji Abdul Qadeer a senior member of the anti-Taliban United Islamic Front (Northern Alliance), and one of the first Vice Presidents of the Afghan Transitional Administration. Zahir Qadeer's father was assassinated on 8 July 2002.
Zahir Qadeer and two other anti-Taliban leaders were freed from a Taliban prison in 1999 by Abdul-Razzaq Hekmati and Hekmatullah Hekmati, two former Mujahids who had served with the Taliban when they became disillusioned.
His family has long-standing ties with Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan.
On 30 August 2017, at least two security guards were killed in a suicide attack targeting his residence in Jalalabad.