His vision was for the United Front to help establish a new government, where the various ethnic groups would share power and live in peace through a democratic form of government. Qadeer's younger brother Abdul Haq, a famous anti-Soviet resistance fighter, was executed by Taliban Interior Minister Mola Abdul Razaq from Zhob Pakistan, (captain Imam's student). Taliban agents on October 26, 2001 when trying to rally anti-Taliban support among the Pashtuns apart of the US-led effort against the Taliban after 9/11. After the fall of the Taliban regime Abdul Qadeer joined with two other leaders, Hazrat Ali and Haji Mohammed Zaman, to lead the Eastern Shura. After the 2001 Bonn Conference on Afghanistan, Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai nominated Qadeer to be one of the Vice Presidents of Afghanistan, and Minister of Public Works. Abdul Qadeer was alleged to have had connections with those engaged in Afghanistan's opium poppy trade. On 6 July 2002, Qadeer and his son-in-law were killed by gunmen. In 2004, one man was sentenced to death and two others to prison sentences for the assassination. Personal Qadeer belonged to the very influential Pashtun Arsala family from the east of Afghanistan. His brother was the anti-Soviet commander of Kabul Front Abdul Haq who was executed in late 2001 by the Taliban. The Arsala family is based in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. The capital of Nangarhar is Jalalabad. He had very strong ties with the late Afghan King, Zaher Shah. The Afghans, in particular the people of Nangarhar refer to him as the "Warrior of Afghanistan". He is known to have accomplished many things in the time of his power, especially in Nangarhar where he governed. Abdul Qadeer's son Zahir Qadir, a former military commander in the Afghan National Army, is currently serving as the deputy speaker of the Afghan House of Representatives. See also Afridi (Pashtun) Abdul Haq Ahmad Shah Massoud Zahir Shah References External links US State Department press release after his assassination A detailed analysis of Qadir's death from a security standpoint Interview with Qadir less than a month before his death Public works ministers of Afghanistan Vice presidents of Afghanistan 1951 births 2002 deaths Governors of Nangarhar Province Mujahideen members of the Soviet–Afghan War Pashtun people Arsala family Assassinated Afghan politicians Deaths by firearm in Afghanistan People murdered in Afghanistan Hezb-i Islami Khalis politicians Islamic State of Afghanistan 20th-century Afghan politicians 21st-century Afghan