Najibullah Ahmadzai, commonly known as Dr. Najibullah, was the first President of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in 1992. Born in 1947 in Kabul, Najibullah was a Pashtun from the Ahmadzai tribe. He studied medicine at Kabul University and joined the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in the late 1960s. Najibullah’s political career began in 1978 when he was...
Afghanistan’s Presidential Genesis: The First to Lead
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