Al-Haj Sahib Rahman was elected to represent Kunar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.He was assassinated by a suicide bomber on November 6, 2007. A report on Kunar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated that he was an associate of Pir Gailani [sic].It stated he was from the tribe, and a member of the Pashtun ethnic group.It stated he sat on the economics committee.