Abdul Ahad Karzai (1922 – 14 July 1999) was an

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, who served as the

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of the

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under

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Zahir Shah in the 1960s. He was the son of Khair Mohammad Khan and brother of Habibullah and

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. His sons are the former

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and his brothers Ahmed Wali,

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and Qayum. He is also the uncle of Hekmat Karzai. As head of the

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tribe, Abdul Ahad Karzai moved with his family from

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to the capital

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upon his election to the Parliament. He began criticizing the

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and was imprisoned for three years, at which point his family's properties were confiscated. On 14 July 1999, when the

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was in power, Abdul Ahad Karzai was assassinated by two suspected Taliban members outside the house of his relatives in

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, Pakistan. He was coming home from a

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after completing his morning prayer. The two

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s were riding on a motorcycle and had fled the scene after accomplishing their

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. This early morning assassination by men on motorcycle is a common thing in the region.These YouTube videos are permissible here because they are less than 2 minutes short clips of official international news sources demonstrating that target killings by men on motorcycle is common: * (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) * (Al Jazeera) The bullets not only killed Karzai but also his relative Baz, who is said to have come from one of the wealthy families in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai was at their house eating breakfast when they both lost their life. Abdul Ahad was between 75 and 77 years old when he died. His son Hamid Karzai took over the leadership and responsibilities of the

tribe. Hamid Karzai and his father were living as

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in Quetta.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karzai, Abdul Ahad Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan) Assassinated Afghan politicians 1999 deaths 1922 births

Abdul Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, me ...

Hamid Karzai Pashtun people 1960s in Afghanistan 20th-century Afghan politicians

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