1. Malalai Joya (1978)

Afghan Politician

Activist and writer who served on Parliamentarian in the National Assembly of Afghanistan, until being dismissed in 2007 for calling out war criminals. She has been an adamant opponent of...

2. Yunus Qanuni (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Yunus Qanuni is an Afghan politician who is Vice President of Afghanistan. An ethnic Tajik from the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan Qanuni is the leader of the Afghanistan e...

3. Nasrullah Baryalai Arsalai (1958)

Afghan Politician

Haji Nasrullah Baryalai Arsalai is an Afghan politician who was a candidate during Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential election.

4. Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (1929)

Afghan Politician

Professor Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhâdi is a retired leading Afghan diplomat who was Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 2006. Farhadi is a linguist researcher and translator.

5. Mohammed Hashim Watanwal (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Hasham Watanwal a representative for Uruzgan Province to Afghanistan's national legislature the Wolesi Jirga until he was assassinated on July 17 2011. According to the Afghan Biographies profile during the...

6. Mullah Naqib (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Mullah Naqib sometimes called Naqibullah was a mujahideen commander and politician from the Kandahar area of southern Afghanistan. He was the leader of the Alikozai Pashtun tribe.

7. Qazi Amin Waqad (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Qazi Muhammad Amin Waqad is an Afghan politician who has held a variety of political and military offices. An ethnic Mohmand Pashtun from Nangrahar Province Qazi Amin attended a madrasah...

8. Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.

9. Fazlullah Mujadedi (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Dr. Fazlullah Mujadedi also spelled as is a politician in Afghanistan currently serving as Governor of Laghman Province. He was one of the prominent commanders of Jamiat-e Islami during the...

10. Ajmal Shams (1972)

Afghan Politician

11. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (1961)

Afghan Politician

Bismillah Khan Mohammadi or Bismillah Khan is the current Defense Minister of Afghanistan. From 2002 to 2010 he served as Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army and from...

12. Musa Khan Ahmadzai (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

General Musa Khan Akbarzada is a politician in Afghanistan serving as the governor of Ghazni province since May 16 2010. He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Ahmadzai tribe. His...

13. Akram Yari (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Akram Yari was a Maoist political organizer in Afghanistan. He was the leader and founder of the Progressive Youth Organization a Maoist organization which was formed on October 6 1965.

14. Fauzia Gailani (1971)

Afghan Politician

uzia Gailani was elected to represent Herat Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga the lower house of its National Legislature in 2005. She won almost 16885 votes more than any other...

15. Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil (1971)

Afghan Politician

Ahmad Muttawakil is a politician in Afghanistan. was the last Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Prior to this he served as spokesman and...

16. Tahir Badakhshi (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Muhammad Taher Badakhshi was a cultural and political Tajik activist in Afghanistan. He was the founder of SAZA .

17. Abdul Qadir Dagarwal (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Abdul Qadir Dagarwal a colonel was the leader of the Afghan Air Force squadrons that attacked the Radio-TV Station during the 1978 Coup that started the Saur Revolution. Ironically he...

18. Ahmad Khan Samangani (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Ahmad Khan Samangani was an Afghan member of parliament and a commander of the Junbish-i Milli. He was the target of and killed in a suicide attack on 14 July...

19. Mohammad Mohaqiq (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Mohammad Mohaqiq is the founder and chairman of the People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan. He had an active role in the war against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in...

20. Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai was a politician and diplomat of Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Pashtun a member of the Mohammadzai tribe. During the 1970s he entered the Afghan foreign service....

21. Fawzia Koofi (1975)

Afghan Politician

wzia Koofi is an Afghan politician and women's rights activist. Originally from Badakhshan province she is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in Kabul and is the Vice...

22. Sayed Hussein Anwari (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Sayed Hussein Anwari is a politician in Afghanistan. He is a Shia and comes from Mohammed Asef Mohseni's Harakat-e Islami. Anwari an ethnic Arab was born in Shekh Ali District...

23. Hedayat Amin Arsala (1942)

Afghan Politician

Hedayat Amin Arsala is an economist and a prominent politician in Afghanistan. Mr. Arsala is a former Finance Minister Foreign Minister and Vice President of Afghanistan and until October 2013...

24. Gholam Nabi Nasher (1926)

Afghan Politician

Ghulam Nabi Nasher was the son of Loe Khan Nasher and grandson of Sher Mohammad Khan Nasher. He was an ethnic Pushtun the hereditary Khan of the Kharoti tribe born...

25. Sayed Ishaq Gailani (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Pir Sayed Ishaq Gailani represents Paktika in the Wolesi Jirga Afghanistan's lower house of parliament. He is the founder and chairman of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan and currently...

26. Mohammad Amin Fatemi (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Dr. Mohammad Amin Fatemi is a noted Afghan physician and politician. He has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization in Geneva Switzerland for Mediterranean countries. He is...

27. Sayed Jalal Karim (1969)

Afghan Politician

Said Jalal Karim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.

28. Mohammad Amin Wakman (1939)

Afghan Politician

Mohammad Amin Wakman is the Honorary Chairman and Director of International Affairs of Afghan Mellat Party. Mohammad Amin Wakman was born on November 1 1939 in Maidan Wardag Province of...

29. Sarwar Danish (1961)

Afghan Politician

Sarwar Danish is the former Afghan Minister of Justice.

30. Muhammad Arif Sarwari (1961)

Afghan Politician

Engineer Muhammad Arif Sarwari also known simply as Engineer Arif is a former Afghan intelligence official and politician.

31. Sayed Mustafa Kazemi (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Sayed Mustafa Kazemi from Parwan was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesmen for the opposition movement known as the United National Front....

32. Mohammed Rafie (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

General Mohammed Rafie was a member of the Politburo and Deputy Prime Minister. He served as Minister of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1984 and...

33. Suhaila Seddiqi (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

General Suhaila Siddiq often referred to as 'General Suhaila' is a retired politician from Afghanistan. She served as the Minister of Public Health from December 2001 to 2004. Prior to...

34. Sayed Yousuf Mirranay (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Sayed Yousuf Mirranay was an Afghan political figure. A prominent member of the Afghan Social Democratic Party he was born in 1947 in the Khogiani district of the Nangarhar...

35. Mohammad Aslam Watanjar (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Mohammad Aslam Watanjar was an Afghan general and politician. He played a significant role in the coup in 1978 that killed the Afghan president Mohammad Daud Khan and started the...

36. Fariba Ahmadi Kakar (1965)

Afghan Politician

ba Ahmadi Kakar was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga the lower house of its National Legislature in 2005. Born in 1965 in Kandahar a report on...

37. Massouda Jalal (1962)

Afghan Politician

Massouda Jalal is a politician in Afghanistan who served as Minister of Women's Affairs from October 2004 to July 2006. She was also the only woman candidate in theAfghan presidential...

38. Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi (1921)

Afghan Politician

Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi was an Afghan diplomat and politician. Etemadi was born in Kandahar Afghanistan. He served as ambassador to Pakistan for the first time from 1964 to 1965....

39. Nur ul-Haq Ulumi (1941)

Afghan Politician

Nur ul-Haq Ulumi is an Afghan politician who served as a Member of the House of the People from 2005 to 2010. Ulumi previously served in the Afghan Army during...

40. Abdul Ghafor Zori (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Al Hajj Abdul Ghafoor Zori is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections. Zori completed his high school education in 1971 at the Farokhi...

41. Al-Haj Suliman Yari (1936)

Afghan Politician

Al-Haj Suliman Yari was an Afghan politician. Yari was the son of Nek Mohammad Yari and was born on 19 August 1936 in the province of Wardak district Behsod in...

42. Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri born in 1933 in Panjshir Province during the Kingdom of Afghanistan. Panjsheri was usually identified as a Khalq by fellow Afghan politicians while outside observers said he...

43. Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Ustad Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf is an Afghan Islamist politician. He took part in the war against the PDPA government in the 1980s leading the Mujahedin faction Islamic Union for...

44. Ghulam Farooq Wardak (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Ghulam Parooq Wardagh is a politician in Afghanistan currently serving as the Minister of Education. He was appointed to that position by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on October 11 2008.

45. Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi was a candidate in the Afghan presidential election in 2004 and the Afghan presidential elections in 2009. Nijrabi is a Physician and a lecturer at Kabul University's...

46. Ghulam Haidar Rasuli (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Major General Ghulam Haidar Rasuli born in rustaq was a supporter of Mohammed Daoud Khan who came out of retirement after the 1973 coup which removed King Zahir Shah and...

47. Sardar Mohammad Nadir Naeem (1965)

Afghan Politician

Sardar Mohammad Nadir Naeem is a politician in Afghanistan and a member of the former ruling Barakzai dynasty. He announced his candidacy in October 2013 to stand candidate in the...

48. Qutbuddin Hilal (Unknow)

Afghan Politician

Qutbuddin Hilal is a politician in Afghanistan who served as the Deputy Prime Minister in 1993 and 1996 during the tenure of Burhanuddin Rabbani when Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was Prime...

49. Rangin Dadfar Spanta (1953)

Afghan Politician

Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta is a Politician in Afghanistan. He served as Foreign Minister from April 2006 to January 2010. After that he served as Afghan President Hamid Karzai's National...

50. Shahla Atta (1959)

Afghan Politician

Shahla Atta is an Afghan politician who was a candidate during Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential election. She told DiManno she and her family lived for 18 years in the United States....