Shah Wali

Shah Wali

male
Ustad Shah Wali is one of those living Pashtun singers who have sung more than 10,000 songs in Pashto, Dari, and Urdu. An Afghan by birth, Shah...
Qazi Hussain Ahmad

Qazi Hussain Ahmad

male
Qazi Hussain Ahmad is the president of the Pakistani Muslim religious party, the Jama'at-e-Islami. He is also the leader of the Muttahidah...
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf

Abdul Rasul Sayyaf

male
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, aka Abd-i-Rab Rasoul Sayaf, is a Pashtun warlord commander of a Pashtun militia.
Asfandyar Wali Khan

Asfandyar Wali Khan

male
Asfandyar Wali Khan is the Leader of the Awami National Party in Pakistan. His father, Khan Wali Khan, was the party’s first President. He is the gr...
Mohammad Najibullah

Mohammad Najibullah

male, deceased (1996)
Dr. Mohammad Najibullah (Pashto/; born 1947, killed September 27, 1996) was the fourth and last President of the communist Democratic Republic of...
Asadullah Khalid

Asadullah Khalid

male
Asadullah Khalid, an ethnic Pashtun, was Governor of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2005. He is currently the Governor of Kandahar...
Amin Tarzi

Amin Tarzi

male
Dr. Amin Tarzi is an analyst for Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and Senior Fellow with the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. He previously...
Khushal Khan Khattak

Khushal Khan Khattak

male, deceased (1690)
Khushal Khan Khattak (Pashto: خوشحال خان خټک) was a famous Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote in Pashto and U...
Rahman Baba

Rahman Baba

male
Rahman Baba known as the Nightingale of Afghanistan and Pakhtoonkhwa, Rahman Baba is a legendary Pashto Sufi poet. His poetry places him alongside...
Ahmed Wali Karzai

Ahmed Wali Karzai

male
Ahmad Wali Khan Karzai, younger brother of Hamid Karzai, president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is the representative for southern...