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''This is a list of retired rikishi who have "completed" articles. They are complete in the sense that they have infoboxes, tournament tables, and biographical/career information that is more than a few lines. They could always use YOUR additions and improvements of course!''
[[Hajji]] '''Abdul Qadir Arsala''' (c. 1954-2002) ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: الحاج عبد القادر) was a former leader in the [[Afghan Northern Alliance|Northern Alliance]] in [[Afghanistan]].He was also a member of the [[Pashtun Mafia]] <ref name=AsiaTimes020709>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/DG09Ag02.html A body blow to U.S.], ''[[Asia Times]]'', [[July 9]] [[2002]] - an extensive obituary</ref><ref name=Guardian020708>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,751329,00.html Abdul Qadir: Key leader in Afghan struggle], ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[July 8]] [[2002]] - Report of Qadir's death in the Guardian newspaper</ref>
He was the brother of [[Abdul Haq (Afghan leader)|Abdul Haq]], a [[Pashtun]] leader executed by the [[Taliban]]. Qadir was governor of his home province of [[Nangarhar]] before the Taliban gained power and retook the position after the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]].
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Qadir joined with two other leaders, [[Hazrat Ali]] and [[Hajji]] [[Mohammed Zaman]], to form the [[Eastern Shura]].<ref name=AsiaTimes011207>[http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/CL07Ag02.html Taking a spin in Tora Bora], ''[[Asia Times]]'', [[December 7]] [[2001]]</ref>
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Qadir accompanied [[Hamid Karzai]] on a trip to Bonn in the fall of 2001, to back his leadership of Afghanistan.
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[[Asia Times]] reports that Qadir was a central figure controlling the growth and export of [[heroin]], and that he had links to the [[CIA]].<ref name=AsiaTimes020709>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/DG09Ag02.html A body blow to U.S.], ''[[Asia Times]]'', [[July 9]] [[2002]] - an extensive obituary</ref>
*[[Akebono]]
*[[Akinoshima]]
Afghan president Karzai nominated Qadir to be the third vice-president of the government, and Minister of Public Works; as a prominent member of the transitional government, Qadir was backed by the United States. On July 6, 2002, Qadir and his son-in-law were killed by gunmen in a surprise attack with unknown motive. In 2004, one man was sentenced to death and two others to prison sentences for the killing.<ref name=USDepStat>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41737.htm Afghanistan], ''[[US Department of State]]'', [[February 28]] [[2005]]</ref>
*[[Asahifuji]]
*[[Chiyonofuji]]
Qadir's family was a traditionally powerful one, with ties to former king [[Zahir Shah]].<ref name=AsiaTimes020709>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/DG09Ag02.html A body blow to U.S.], ''[[Asia Times]]'', [[July 9]] [[2002]] - an extensive obituary</ref>
*[[Futahaguro]]
==See also==
*[[Hokutoumi]] column style tourney table
*[[Maulvi Yunus Khalis]]
*[[AfridiKitanofuji]]
*[[Zahir ShahKitanoumi]]
*[[Abdurrashid DostumKonishiki]]
*[[Qasim FahimKotonishiki]]
*[[Ahmed Shah MasoudKotonowaka]]
*[[Kotozakura]]
*[[Kyokushuzan]] bio a little short
==References==
*[[Musashimaru]]
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*[[Onokuni]]
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==External links==
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*[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/11680.htm US State Department press release after his assassination]
*[[Ryūko]]
*[http://securitydriver.com/aic/stories/article-103.html A detailed analysis of Qadir's death from a security standpoint]
*[[Sakahoko]]
*[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav061902.shtml Interview with Qadir less than a month before his death]
*[[Sentoryu]]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6585871 Haji Abdul Qadir on Find-A-Grave]
*[[Taiho]]
*[[Takamiyama]]
*[[Takanohana II]]
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*[[Takanonami]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
*[[Takatoriki]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
*[[Tamanoumi]]
[[Category:Assassinated Afghan politicians]]
*[[Terao]]
*[[Tochiazuma]]
*[[Toki Susumu]]
*[[Wajima Hiroshi|Wajima]]
*[[Wakanohana Kanji II|Wakanohana]] II
*[[Wakanohana]] III
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