Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani (

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عبدل صبور فرید کوهستانی ) (1952 – May 2, 2007) briefly served as

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from July 6, 1992, until August 15, 1992. He was a member of

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's Hezbi Islami. He later served as a member of the

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of the

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until he was assassinated in a shooting outside his home in

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on May 2, 2007. Police said his assassins had set up an ambush for him when he left his home to go to a mosque.

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