Two gunmen firing assault rifles assassinated Afghan Vice President Abdul Qadir as he was being driven from a government ministry Saturday. His driver was also killed but the gunmen escaped. The attack took place as Qadir was leaving by car from the Ministry of Public Works, which he also headed, according to Interior Minister Taj Mohammed Wardak. The gunmen, who had been hiding in the bushes, escaped in a car which sped up moments after the shooting. All 10 uniformed security guards who were on duty at the ministry were arrested because they failed to react properly, according to Kabul police chief Din Mohammed Jurat.
No word yet on whodunnit. Haji Qadir was the brother of Abdul Haq, whom the Taliban captured and hanged about a week prior to Hamid Karzai's arrival to form a Pashtun resistance. |