 Sardar's death was mourned by an eclectic mix of Afghans and foreigners, from President Hamid Karzai, who visited his surviving son in hospital, to former warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.Many Afghan journalists said they would boycott every Taliban statement and every Taliban-related story for two weeks in protest.Ahmad was described by his bureau chief as "[c]lever, informed, stylish and bubbling with boyish enthusiasm, […] a five-star journalist, a friend to all at AFP—and a man who impressed every single person he ever met."