FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, Afghanistan’s Vice President Field Marshal Mohammed Qasim, left, looks at Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a press event at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Government spokesman Aimal Faizi confirmed the death of Fahim, an ethnic Tajik who also served in President Hamid Karzai’s first administration. Faizi says the government has called for a three-day mourning period. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)