Abd ar-Rahman Khan ABD AR-RAHMAN KHAN [Abd ar-Rahman Khan], 1844?-1901, emir of Afghanistan (1880-1901); grandson of Dost Muhammad.
Sher Ali SHER ALI [Sher Ali] or Shere Ali, 1825-79, emir of Afghanistan (1863-79), son of Dost Muhammad.
Afghanistan is bordered by Iran on the west, by Pakistan on the east and south, and by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan on the north; a narrow strip, the Vakhan (Wakhan), extends
Following the overthrow of the republic and the establishment of a communist state, control of Afghanistan was technically in the hands of various PDPA, though the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics held the real power in the country.
In 1996, the Taliban seized control of 80%-90% of the country and established the fundamentalist Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
In 2004, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was founded, and in October of that year, Karzai was elected its first president.
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