Mirwais Sadiq (1973 – March 21, 2004) was the Civil Aviation Minister of
Afghanistan
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and the son of the
Ismail Khan
Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is an Afghan former politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a cap ...
, who was then the governor of
Herat Province
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He died during an exchange of fire in the city of
Herat
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between supporters of
Zahir Nayebzada
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* Aẓ-Ẓāhir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "''Evident''" or ''"Outer"''.
*Zahir (Islam), in Islam, the exterior, surface, or apparent meaning of things
* Ẓāhiri, a sch ...
, a commander for the central government, and Ismail Khan. Nayebzada claimed responsibility for the
assassination
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, but insisted that Sadiq had only been killed in self-defense. President
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...
later said Sadiq's death was caused by a "small accident."
References
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1973 births
2004 deaths
Assassinated Afghan politicians
Aviation ministers of Afghanistan