Afghan police surround the car of Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir in
Kabul on July 6, 2002. Unidentified gunmen assassinated one of
Afghanistan's three vice-presidents in broad daylight in Kabul on
Saturday, in a fresh blow to efforts by President Hamid Karzai to
impose his authority on the volatile country. Interior Minister Taj
Mohammad Wardak told reporters Haji Abdul Qadir, a powerful warlord and
a Pashtun like Karzai, had been shot dead in his car in an ambush in
the centre of the Afghan capital. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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