What is Karim Khalili?
{{Infobox politician |name = Abdul Karim Khalili |image = File:Karim Khalili - 2018 (39297711844) (cropped).jpg |caption = Karim Khalili in 2016 |order = Second [[Vice President of Afghanistan]] |term_start = 7 December 2004 |term_end = 29 September 2014 |president = [[Hamid Karzai]] |predecessor = [[Ahmed Shakar Karkar]] |successor = [[Sarwar Danish]] |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Hezbe Wahdat]] |profession = |nationality=[[Afghanistan]]i |blank1=Ethnicity |data1=[[Hazara people|Hazara]] |spouse = |footnotes = }} '''Abdul Karim Khalili''' (born 1950) is a former [[Vice President of Afghanistan]]. He was in office from 2004 to 2014, under [[Hamid Karzai]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15331-2004Jul26.html Washingron Post: Vice Presidents in 2004</ref> Khalili was first Vice President in 2002. He was elected as [[running mate]] of Hamid Karzai in 2004. Since 1989 he has been one of the main leaders of the [[Hezbe Wahdat]] [[political party]] of [[Hazara people]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/after_the_taleban/k_khalili.stm Short biography</ref> Khalili was born in [[Wardak Province]] and attended a religious school. He participated actively in the Afghan resistance during [[Soviet war in Afghanistan|Soviet Invasion]]. He also served as [[Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan)|Minister of Finance of Afghanistan]] during the [[Mujahideen]] government in the early 1990s. == References == {{Reflist}} {{commons category}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalili, Karim}} [[Category:Vice presidents of Afghanistan]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Hazara politicians]]