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Born January 6, 1929 • near Kabul • Afghanistan
Died December 3, 1996 (aged 67) • Moscow • Russia
Title / Office president (1979-1986), Afghanistan • parliament (1965-1973), Afghanistan
Political Affiliation Banner Party • People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Nur Mohammad Taraki
prime minister of Afghanistan
Amin, Hafizullah
Hafizullah Amin
president of Afghanistan
Najibullah
president of Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani
president of Afghanistan
Burhanuddin Rabbani
president of Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Masoud
Afghani resistance leader
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
president of Afghanistan
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Taliban leader
Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar
emir of Afghanistan
Dōst Moḥammad Khan
Dōst Moḥammad Khān
ruler of Afghanistan
Aḥmad Shah Durrānī
ruler of Afghanistan
Abdur Rahman Khan
Abdur Rahman Khan
emir of Afghanistan
Mohammad Zahir Shah
king of Afghanistan
Amānullāh Khan
Amānullāh Khan
ruler of Afghanistan
Mohammad Daud Khan
prime minister of Afghanistan
Ḥabībullāh Khan
Ḥabībullāh Khan
emir of Afghanistan
Shāh Shojāʿ
king of Afghanistan
Shīr ʿAlī Khān
emir of Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
leader of al-Qaeda terrorist organization
Sebüktigin
Ghaznavid ruler