Zabid Zahir

Who is Zabid Zahir?

Zabid Zahir is a citizen of Afghanistan who Afghan security officials assert was the leader of the Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin in Sherzed district. He was captured on late December 2007, in a raid on a "suspected insurgent" safe house in Jalalabad, and two suspected IED facilitators. Zahir was believe to have been behind the smuggling of weapons in the region, and the importation of foreign fighters. At the time of his capture Zahir's son Tahir Omar was a member of the Nangarhar Provincial Council -- the Provincial legislature.