Haji Abdul Zahir Qadeer (Pashto: حاجی عبدالظاهر قدیر) is an Afghan politician and former member of the National Assembly.
[1] Zahir Qadeer is the son of Haji Abdul Qadeer, a senior member of the anti-Taliban United Islamic Front (Northern Alliance) and one of the first Vice Presidents of the Afghan Transitional Administration.
[8] He was born to a Pashtun family that has long-standing ties with Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan.
He graduated from a high school in Saudi Arabia and studied law in Pakistan.
[7] On 30 August 2017, at least two security guards were killed in a suicide attack targeting his residence in Jalalabad.