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Transitional President; Appointed by the 2002 loya jirga. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) Hamid Karzai: born 1957 7 December 2004: 29 September 2014 9 years, 296 days Independent: President; First democratically elected head of state; Elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2009. Ashraf Ghani: born 1949 29 September 2014 15 August 2021
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]
13 April – President of United States Joe Biden announces plans to withdraw U.S troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. [ 5 ] 30 April – At least 30 are killed, and more than 90 are wounded by an explosion outside a guesthouse in Puli Alam , Logar Province .
It was rumoured that he would become the president of Afghanistan following the overthrow of the government of Ashraf Ghani by the Taliban in August 2021. [62] [63] On 23 August 2021, CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting with Baradar in Kabul to discuss the 31 August deadline for a U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. [64] [65]
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.
Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally expressed remorse that the Biden administration had not done more to protect the 13 US troops who were killed in an ISIS-K suicide bombing during ...
Several social media posts are promoting the claim that the current leader of Afghanistan was released from prison in 2018 by then-President Donald Trump. “Let this sink in,” the posts state.
Amrullah Saleh (Pashto/Dari: امرالله صالح, Dari pronunciation: [amrʊlˈlɒːh sɒːˈleː(h)]; born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician who served as the first vice president of Afghanistan from February 2020 to August 2021, and acting interior minister from 2018 to 2019. [1]