Abdullah Abdullah
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Abdullah Abdullah is an Afghan politician who led the High Council for National Reconciliation from May 2020 until August 2021, when the Afghan government was overthrown by the Taliban. The council ha
Abdullah in 2017
Abdullah in 2004
From left to right: Ashraf Ghani, Anwar ul-Haq Ahady, and Abdullah in April 2009
Abdullah in 2014
Hamid Karzai
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Hamid Karzai is an Afghan politician who served as the seventh president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, particularly as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 2014.
Abdullah Abdullah
…Alliance, working as an adviser to Ahmad Shah Massoud. He worked as an ophthalmologist and medical doctor in the 1980s. Abdullah ran against President Hamid Karzai in the 2009 Afghan presidential election, coming second with 30.5% of the total votes. In 2010, he created the Coalition for Change and Hope which…
Karzai in 2012
Karzai appointed as President of the Afghan Transitional Administration at the June 2002 loya jirga (grand assembly) in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Karzai speaking before the U.S. Congress in June 2004
Karzai's inauguration on 7 December 2004, after winning the presidential election.