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unusual facts about President of Afghanistan


Constitution of Afghanistan

The constitution provides for an elected President and National Assembly.


Abdul Bari Jahani

Because of his prominence in Pashto literature and poetry, he was officially requested by the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai to write the Afghan National Anthem in late 2006.

Pashtun dress

Leaders sometimes wear a karakul hat, like President Hamid Karzai and former monarchs of Afghanistan.

Sulaiman Layeq

One of his sisters was married to Mir Akbar Khyber (a leading leftist ideologue whose murder in 1978 started the Saur Revolution); another sister was married to Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (who would later become President of Afghanistan).

William Braucher Wood

William B. Wood presented his credentials on April 16, 2007, to the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, and was received as the U.S. Ambassador to that nation, replacing the former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald E. Neumann.


see also

Mohammad Daoud

Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909–1978), first President of Afghanistan, from 1973, until his assassination in 1978

Taraki

Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan politician, president of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979