Famous People with Name Abdul

Abdul Salam Zaeef            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Abdul Salam Zaeef: was the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan before the US invasion of Afghanistan.He was detained in Pakistan in the spring of 2002 and became an "unlawful combatant" in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, where he was held until 2005.Zaeef was crippled during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. After the Taliban took power in 1996, Zaeef was a minister of transportation until he became the Taliban's envoy to Pakistan. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Zaeef was seen around the world when he held news conferences for the regime. While he condemned the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, he said that Osama bin Laden was not responsible and he would not be given up. He also reportedly consulted with Taliban leader Mullah Omar on ways to avert war.

Abdul Rashid Dostum            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Abdul Rashid Dostum: a former pro-Soviet fighter during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and is considered by many to be the leader of Afghanistan's Uzbek community. He joined the Afghan military in 1978, fighting with the Soviets and against the mujahideen throughout the 1980s before switching sides and joining the mujahideen. Dostum would again switch sides and has become infamous for his switching of allegiances. Most recently he was a general and Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Afghan National Army a role often viewed as ceremonial.[2] In early 2008 he was removed from his army role because of the Akbar Bai kidnapping incident. Dostum spent a year living in exile in Turkey.[3] In June 2009, Afghan President Hamid Karzai reappointed Dostum to his post.[3]

Abdul Haq            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Abdul Haq: was an Afghan Pashtun mujahideen commander who fought against the Soviets and Afghan commmunists during the Soviet-Afghan War. He was executed by the Taliban in October 2001 while trying to create a popular uprising in Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11th attacks.Haq was born in Fatehbad (Afghanistan), a small village in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, although he soon moved with his family to Helmand. His father, Mohammed Ana, was an official representative for the Nangarhar construction company in Helmand, and was relatively wealthy by Afghan standards.[

Abdul Latif Pedram            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Abdul Latif Pedram: a politician and a candidate for presidency in Afghanistan. He emerged as a controversial figure in the press and political circles for campaigning for women's personal rights, a taboo subject in Afghanistan's culture.[1] Currently, he is the leader of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan.He was director of the library of the Hakim Na?er ?o?row Bal?i Cultural Center. First a supporter of the communist government, he soon began to openly criticize and oppose the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. He stayed in Afghanistan during most of the war years, moving around the country to be able to pursue his activities. Latif Pedram was finally forced into exile by the advance of the Taliban and their policies of ethnic and linguistic segregation. Before returning to Afghanistan after the demise of the Taliban, he lived for a while in France where he attempted to promote Afghanistan's Persian poetry and literature.

Abdul Rahman            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Abdul Rahman: was the aviation and tourism minister of Afghanistan until February 14, 2002.He was murdered in what appeared to be a mob attack on his plane at Kabul International Airport by pilgrims angry that they had been unable to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Witnesses and officials said pilgrims beat the minister to death and tossed his body to the tarmac. However, President Hamid Karzai accused six senior government officials of the murder, saying that they were motivated by a long-standing feud. Three were arrested and the others were being sought in Saudi Arabia. Karzai said five ministers, including the head of the intelligence ministry, General Abdullah Tawhedi; the technical deputy of the Ministry of Defense, General Qalander Big, and a Supreme Court justice, Haji Halim and 15 other suspects have been linked to the assassination.