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Burhanuddin Rabbani

1940–2011 · 20th century

Burhanuddin Rabbani was an Afghan Islamic scholar and leader of the Jamiat-e Islami party. After the mujahideen took Kabul in 1992 he became President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, but the government was torn by civil war and lost Kabul to the Taliban in 1996. He remained the internationally recognised president until 2001 and was assassinated in 2011.

Burhanuddin Rabbani
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Islamic State of Afghanistan

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