Famous People with Name Mohammad

Mohammad Ghous            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Mohammad Ghous: was among the leadership of the Taliban which ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. He served as foreign minister of Afghanistan from September 1996, when the Taliban captured Kabul until June 1997, when he and some other Taliban leaders were kidnapped by opposition forces at Mazar-i-Sharif in the northern part of the country. Ghous reportedly escaped in September 1997 when the Taliban captured that city, but he was not reappointed as foreign minister, and his whereabouts since then is not well known.

Mohammad Yousef Pashtun            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Mohammad Yousef Pashtun: the Minister of Urban Development and Housing for Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in 2003 replacing Gul Agha Sherzai.[1]Yousef Pashtun, son of Brigadier Mohammad Ghani Khan, was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 15, 1947. An ethnic Pashtun, he is fluent in Pashto, Dari, English and Arabic. He graduated from Ahmad Shah Baba High School in 1965. He began studying Engineering at Kabul University, but soon received a USAID/Kabul University scholarship to attend American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He earned his Bachelors degree here in Engineering, also completing two Masters degrees, in Architecture (1973) and Urban Design and Planning (1977).

Mohammad Musa Shafiq            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Mohammad Musa Shafiq: was an Afghan politician and poet. He became Foreign Minister in 1971 and Prime Minister in December 1972. He lost both positions when Mohammed Zahir Shah was overthrown on July 17, 1973. He survived throughout the regime of Mohammed Daoud Khan, but was arrested after the 1978 communist coup d'état and executed along with many other non-communist politicians.

Mohammad Aslam Watanjar            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Mohammad Aslam Watanjar: was an Afghan General and Politician. He played a significant role in the coup in 1978 that killed the Afghan president Mohammad Daud and started the "Saur Revolution".Watanjar later became a member of the politburo in the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, playing prominent roles in the communist coup as well as the coup that overthrew the constitutional monarchy.

Mohammad Yousef Karger            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Mohammad Yousef Karger: was one of the most successful sportsmen in Afghanistan. His family set up Afghanistan’s first ski resort and he became national champion in 1978 at the age of 16, he stopped skiing due to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[1] During the 1980s he was a member of Afghanistan national football team. He coached Afghan youth teams after becoming the senior manager of the Afghanistan National Team in year 2001 after the end of the Taliban regime.[2]