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Afghan Personalities - Sher Ali KhanAmir Sher Ali Khan


 See Profile		 Amir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1879 who tried with only limited success to maintain his nation's equilibrium in the great power struggles between Russia in the north and British India in the south.
 
Afghan Personalities - Mohammad Nadir ShahMohammad Nadir Shah



 See Profile		 Commander-in-chief in 1914, led forces against the British during the third Anglo-Afghan war. He was the king of Afghanistan from 1929 - 1933.
Afghan Personalities - Sulaiman LaeqSulaiman Laeq


See Profile		 An excellent poet and a writer in Pashto and Dari, Laweq held various posts in the government-controlled mass media from the time he graduated until 1968, when he began editing Parcham.
Afghan Personalities - Zalmay KhalilzadZalmay Khalilzad


See Profile		 The highest-ranking native Afghan and Muslim in the Bush administration. He became George W. Bush's special envoy to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. Currently, Khalilzad is U.S. ambassador to Iraq; he was sworn in on June 21, 2005.
Afghan Personalities - Sima SamarDr. Sima Samar

See Profile		 Social worker for women's rights and the first woman from the Hazara ethnic minority to graduate with a medical degree from Kabul University.
Afghan Personalities - Miss England 2005Miss England 2005
Hammasa Kohistani


 See Profile		 Miss England 2005. The first ever Afghan female to participate in a beauty contest and win the title of Miss England.
Afghan Personalities - Dr. Masooda Jalal Dr. Masooda Jalal



 See Profile		 The 41-year-old mother of three was one of eighteen candidates running for the top office in Afghanistan's first-ever Western-style elections which was held Nov 2004.
Afghan Personalities - Amir Zai SangeenAmir Zai Sangeen


 See Profile		 One of the founding members of Swedish Committee in Afghanistan. Director of Afghan TeleCom, was also in charge of creating a structure for Afghan TeleCom and interconnection.
Ahmad Zia MasoodAhmad Zia Masood


 See Profile		 Special Representative of Ahmad Shah Masood in Pakistan. Ahmad Zia Masood was sworn in as First Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on December 7, 2004.
Afghan Personalities - Ali Ahmad JalaliAli Ahmad Jalali


See Profile		 Top military planner with the Afghan resistance against the Soviets. Worked as a reporter for VOA covering  Afghanistan and Central Asia for almost two decades.
Afghan Personalities - Dr. Abdulla AbdullahDr. Abdulla Abdullah


 See Profile		 Advisor to former Panjshir warlord Ahmad Shah Masood. Currently minister of foreign affairs in Karzai's government.
Afghan Personalities - Yunus QanuniYunus Qanuni


 See Profile		 A prominent figure in late Ahmad Shah Masood's Jamiat e Islami. Biggest rival to president Karzai and currently leader of a united opposition party in Afghanistan.

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