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President; First peaceful transition of power; Elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2019; He escaped from Afghanistan, during the Fall of Kabul [8] Amrullah Saleh: born 1972 17 August 2021 6 September 2021 20 days Independent: First Vice President; Claimed the position of caretaker president based on Article 67 of the 2004 Constitution [9]
President Hamid Karzai became the first ever democratically elected head of state of Afghanistan on 7 December 2004. His successor, Ashraf Ghani , was in power from 29 September 2014 to 15 August 2021, when he fled the country as Kabul fell to the Taliban following its 2021 offensive .
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai [a] (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban.
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
Former President Ashraf Ghani said he was neither corrupt nor a coward, rejecting blame for the Taliban overthrowing Afghanistan's government.
On 15 August 2021 Ghani's presidency came to an end after Taliban entered Kabul during the 2021 Taliban offensive and Ghani fled Afghanistan. Vice President Amrullah Saleh declared himself transitional president in Bazarak, capital of Panjshir Province and the last region under government control, however, he was forced to leave after Panjshir ...
Calligraphic depiction of Akhundzada's name used on Afghan government websites. In May 2021, Akhundzada called the Afghan people to unite for the development of an Islamic state once the United States forces withdraw. [43] In August 2021, forces under his nominal command began a general offensive seeking to achieve a final victory in the war.
President Obama fired top generals and commanders who did not align with his vision over the wars in Afghanistan and ... and resulted in the messy withdrawal in August 2021 and the deaths of 13 U ...