Security clampdown for burial of Afghan vice president

Monday, July 8, 2002

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Vice President Abdul Qadir was buried Sunday with full military honors a day after he was gunned down in an attack that Afghans fear may bring new instability to a nation struggling to build peace after decades of war.

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