Editing Mohammad Qasim Fahim (section)

==Assassination attempts==

Fahim survived several assassination attempts. His convoy was targeted when a mine exploded underneath the central car in Fahim's convoy. He had been on an official visit to the eastern city of [[Jalalabad]] "to discuss a new government campaign to stop farmers growing poppies for the opium trade and other issues with local commanders and tribal leaders." (BBC, 8 April 2002)

Fahim survived another attack later in 2002. This time, the man behind the attack was arrested by the intelligence agency. The alleged person carried with him "22 pounds of explosives in the pockets of his jacket, attached to wires and apparently ready to explode." (The New York Times, 24 November 2002)

In June 2003, a bomb was found in front of his home. Later in the year, the head of his personal security died at the hands of a [[suicide bomber]].

Fahim survived another assassination attempt in the northern [[Kunduz]] province. Only 26 July 2009, as the running mate of President Karzai for the 2009 elections, his convoy was attacked in an ambush staged by the [[Taliban]]. The Taliban attacked Fahim's convoy using automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSSP411867/ |title=Afghan vice-presidential candidate survives ambush |work=Reuters |date=26 July 2009 |access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref>