Burhānuddīn Rabbānī was an Afghan politician and teacher who served as president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996,and again from November to December 2001.
Hamid Karzai is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014,including as the first elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from December 2004 to September 2014. He previously served as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration from December 2001 to July 2002. He is the chief (khān) of the Popalzai Durrani tribe of Pashtuns in Kandahar Province.
Gul Agha Sherzai,also known as Mohammad Shafiq,is a politician and former warlord in Afghanistan. He is a former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province,in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003. In October 2013,Sherzai resigned from his post as governor and formally announced himself as a candidate for Afghanistan's 2014 Presidential Election,and served as the minister of border and tribal affairs until the Taliban captured Afghanistan again in 2021.
Popalzai or Popalzay,also known as Popal,are Durrani Pashtuns of Afghanistan. The Popalzai are part of the Zirak confederation of Pashtun tribes. The origin of the Abdali forefathers of the Sadozai tribe is probably the Hephthalites. The forefathers of Ahmad Shāh Durrānī,the founder of the Durrani Empire,were from the Sadozai tribe which is a subtribe of the Popalzai. According to Mohan Lal,the Zirak line begins with Sulaiman Zirak Khan,who was the father of Popalzai,Barakzai,and Alakozai. The tribe's origin is Kandahar,Afghanistan. The majority of the Popalzai live in the southern areas of Afghanistan such as in Kandahar,Helmand or Uruzgan. Some members of the Popalzai tribe have migrated with their families to the European Union,North America,and Oceania. Notable members of the Popalzai tribe include Hamid Karzai and his extended family,Karim Popal,Naim Popal,and Khalida Popal.
The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government,led by President Hamid Karzai,and later by President Ashraf Ghani,and against a US-led coalition of forces that has included all members of NATO;the 2021 Taliban offensive resulted in the collapse of the government of Ashraf Ghani. The private sector in Pakistan extends financial aid to the Taliban,contributing to their financial sustenance.
Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib is an Afghan politician,born about 1971. He was Governor of Oruzgan province from March 18,2006,through August 2007,when he was replaced.
Tarinkot,also spelled as Tarin Kowt,is a city in south-central Afghanistan,serving as the capital of Uruzgan Province. It sits at 1,317 m (4,321 ft) above sea level,and is connected by a road network with Kandahar to the south,Nili in Daykundi Province to the north,and Malistan in Ghazni Province to the northeast.
The following lists events that happened during 2002 in Afghanistan.
The following lists events that happened during 2004 in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan–Pakistan relations refer to the bilateral ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In August 1947,the partition of British India led to the emergence of Pakistan along Afghanistan's eastern frontier,and the two countries have since had a strained relationship;Afghanistan was the sole country to vote against Pakistan's admission into the United Nations following the latter's independence. Territorial disputes along the widely known "Durand Line" and conflicting claims prevented the normalization of bilateral ties between the countries throughout the mid-20th century. Various Afghan government officials and Afghan nationalists have made irredentist claims to large swathes of Pakistan's territory in modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistani Balochistan,which complete the traditional homeland of "Pashtunistan" for the Pashtun people. Afghan territorial claims over Pashtun-majority areas that are in Pakistan were coupled with discontent over the permanency of the Durand Line which has long been considered the international border by every nation other than Afghanistan,and for which Afghanistan demanded a renegotiation,with the aim of having it shifted eastward to the Indus River. During the Taliban insurgency,the Taliban has received substantial financial and logistical backing from Pakistan,which remains a significant source of support. Nonetheless,Pakistan's support for the Taliban is not without risks,as it involves playing a precarious and delicate game. Further Afghanistan–Pakistan tensions have arisen concerning a variety of issues,including the Afghan conflict and Afghan refugees in Pakistan,water-sharing rights,and a continuously warming relationship between Afghanistan and India,but most of all the Taliban government in Afghanistan providing sanctuary and safe havens to Pakistani Taliban terrorists to attack Pakistani territory. Border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have escalated to an unprecedented degree following recent instances of violence along the border. The Durand Line witnesses frequent occurrences of suicide bombings,airstrikes,or street battles on an almost daily basis. The Taliban-led Afghan government has also accused Pakistan of undermining relations between Afghanistan and China and creating discord between the neighbouring countries.
Rozi Khan was a Pashtun Barakzai tribal leader in the Afghanistan province of Orūzgān. In the 1980s he was a Mujahideen commander fighting against the Soviets. In 2001 he was appointed police chief of Orūzgān province by President Karzai,a position he held until 2006. He was made governor of Oruzgan's Chora District in mid-2008.
Mohammad Daud Daud General Mohammad Daud Daud پیروراستینمسعود,one of the Tajik generals,was 41 years old when he was killed. and was the general commander of the police in the north and northeast of Afghanistan.
Mohammad Yousef Pashtun is an Afghan technocrat and politician. He served as Minister of Urban Development and Housing for two terms and as Governor of Kandahar province in 2003,replacing Gul Agha Sherzai under President Hamid Karzai's administration. In 2010,he was appointed as Senior Adviser to President Karzai on Construction,Mines,Water &Energy. In 2014,minister Pashtun continued to serve as Senior Adviser to President Ashraf Ghani. Yِousef Pashtun is also chairing the Kabul New City Development Authority Board.
Hyderabad airstrike refers to the killing of many Afghan civilians including women and children in the village of Hyderabad,Gerishk District,Helmand province,Afghanistan on June 28,2007 by the United States Army.
Events from the year 2011 in Afghanistan.
Hasham Watanwal was a representative for Uruzgan Province to Afghanistan's national legislature,the Wolesi Jirga,until his assassination in a Taliban attack in Kabul on July 17,2011.
Ghulam Haider Hamidi was the Mayor of Kandahar in Afghanistan. During Taliban rule, his family fled to Pakistan,then to the United States.
2003 in Afghanistan. A list of notable incidents in Afghanistan during 2003
Pakistan's principal intelligence and covert action agency,Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),has historically conducted a number of clandestine operations in its western neighbor,Afghanistan. ISI's covert support to militant jihadist insurgent groups in Afghanistan,the Pashtun-dominated former Federally Administered Tribal Areas,and Kashmir has earned it a wide reputation as the primary progenitor of many active South Asian jihadist groups.
The Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan National Military Hospital,often referred to as the Daoud Khan Hospital or the National Military Hospital,is a military hospital located in Kabul,Afghanistan. With 400 beds,it is one of the largest military medical facilities in Afghanistan,and prior to 2021 provided medical services to members of the Afghan National Security Forces,and also contains a teaching department. Constructed in 1973 by engineers from the then-Soviet Union,it is now described as the "crown jewel" of the Afghan healthcare industry.
