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    Mohammad Najibullah

    محمد نجیب‌الله احمدزی

    Najibullah in 1991

    General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
    In office
    4 May 1986 – 16 April 1992
    Preceded byBabrak Karmal
    Succeeded byParty abolished
    2nd President of Afghanistan
    In office
    30 November 1987 – 16 April 1992
    Prime Minister
    Vice President
    • Abdul Rahim Hatif
    • Mohammed Rafie
    • Abdul Hamid Mohtat
    • Abdul Wahed Sorabi
    • Sultan Ali Keshtmand
    • Mohammed Eshaq Tokhi
    Preceded by
    • Himself (as Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council)
    • Mohammed Daoud Khan (as President, 1978)
    Succeeded byBurhanuddin Rabbani
    Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council
    In office
    30 September 1987 – 30 November 1987
    Preceded byHaji Mohammad Chamkani
    Succeeded byHimself (as president)
    Director of the State Intelligence Agency (KHAD)
    In office
    11 January 1
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    Leader of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992

    Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (Pashto/Dari: محمد نجیب‌الله احمدزی, Pashto:[mʊˈhamadnad͡ʒibʊˈlɑahmadˈzai]; 6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996),[6] commonly known as Dr. Najib, was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the fifth president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen's takeover of Kabul. He was also the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1986 to 1992. After a failed attempt to flee to India, Najibullah remained in Kabul, and lived in the United Nations headquarters until his assassination during the Taliban's first capture of Kabul in 1996.[7][8][9]

    A graduate of Kabul University, Najibullah held different careers under the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Following the Saur Revolution and the establishment of the Democratic Rep

    By Abdullah Qazi / 2001

    After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Dr. Najibullah Ahmadzai was placed as the head of KHAD, the Afghan version of the KGB. It was KHAD’s task to eradicate the opposition, and provide military intelligence. As head of KHAD, Dr. Najibullah was known for barbarism, and brutality. KHAD was set up with extensive Soviet assistance. Like, Babrak Karmal, Dr. Najibullah was a member of the Parcham faction of the PDPA. Eventually, in 1986, after replacing Babrak Karmal, the Soviet Union installed Dr. Najibullah as President. He remained president for 6 years, until Mujahideen forces finally defeated him in 1992. Prevented from fleeing the country, he took refuge in the UN compound in Kabul. He lived in the compound until September 1996, when Taliban troops captured the city from Ahmad Shah Masood. When Kabul was captured, the Taliban almost immediately executed Dr. Najibullah and his brother, then they hanged their lifeless bodies in the center of the ci