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Afghan Personalities - Usama Bin LadinUsama Bin Laden


 See Profile		 Leader of Islamic group Al-Qaida. Former Afghan mujahid and a suspect of 9/11 attacks on USA.
Afghan Personalities - The TalibanThe Taliban Movement



 See Profile		 Islamic extremist group which governed Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Close ties with Al-Qaida.
Afghan Personalities - Dost Mohammad KhanDost Mohammad Khan



See Profile		 Founder of the Barakzai dynasty in Afghanistan.
King of Ghazni and Herat, among other parts of Afghanistan.
Afghan Personalities - Amir Abdul Rahman KhanAmir Adbur Rahman Khan




 See Profile		 The grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan and the son of Afzul Khan. A rebell who fought against his own uncle and heir of the Barkazai dynasty, Sher Ali.
Afghan Personalities - SayyafAbdul Rasul Sayyaf



 See Profile		 Wahhabi Pashtun warlord who leads a Pashtun militia Itihad-i-Islami. Backed by Saudi Arabia and the only anti-Taliban Pashtun leader who was allied with the United Front prior to the fall of Kabul.
Afghan Personalities - Daud KhanSardar Daud Khan


See Profile		 The President of the Republic of Afghanistan from July 1973 until his assassination in April 1978. Initiater of two five-year plans (1956-61 and 1962-67) a seven-year plan in 1976. Pakhtunistan dispute with Pakistan.
Afghan Personalities - Ismael KhanIsmael Khan



See Profile		 Former governor of Herat province and the leader of a Tajik militia. Currently working as the minister of Energy and Water in Karzai's new government.
Afghan Personalities - Mirwais HotakMirwais Khan Hotak



 See Profile		 A rebellious governor of Kandahar in the early 18th century who later became a powerful leader over many parts of Afghanistan.
Afghan Personalities - Farhad DaryaFarhad Darya



 See Profile		 A big star in Afghan music. Can sing in many local languages including Afghanistan's national language Pashto and the biggest ethnic language Dari.
Afghan Personalities - Hafizullah AminHafizullah Amin


See Profile		 The second President of Afghanistan during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. A powerful member of the Khalq faction of PDPA.
Afghan Personalities - Timur ShahTimur Shah


See Profile		 The second son of Ahmad Shah Baba and the second of the Durrani Dynasty. He was the King of Afghanistan from 16 October 1772 until his death.

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