Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of condolences to President Hamid Karzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the death of Afghanistan's Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim. In his cable, the Crown Prince expressed his condolences to the Afghanistan's President, brotherly people, and the family of the deceased, praying to Allah Almighty to bestow mercy upon his soul.