Afghanistan. Losing His Immunity: Former Afghan MP Haji Zaher extradited to US on drug charges
Afghanistan. Losing His Immunity: Former Afghan MP Haji Zaher extradited to US on drug charges
Kenya is extraditing the Afghan commander and politician, Haji Abdul Zaher Qadir, to the United States, after arresting him at a hotel in Nairobi. The US has charged Haji Zaher with drug and weapons trafficking. He was a prominent police commander and then MP and deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament, and was accused, multiple times, throughout the Islamic Republic era of drug smuggling, running private militias and land-grabbing. Under the Republic, he was shielded from the rapacious US Drug Enforcement Agency, which had picked up numerous Afghans before him, often involving controversial sting operations. As Rachel Reid reports, Zaher’s arrest may signal that past political constraints on the DEA have been lifted. (AAN – Afghanistan Analysts Network, 28.04.2025)
https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/political-landscape/losing-his-immunity-former-afghan-mp-haji-zaher-extradited-to-us-on-drug-charges/