Key Afghan figure shot and killed in Kabul ambush

Sunday, July 7, 2002

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Abdul Qadir, a vice president and cabinet minister in the Afghan government and a key political figure for 25 years, was assassinated just after noon Saturday as his vehicle left his ministry compound in the capital.

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