The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga (Pashto: دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National...

The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga (Pashto: د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside...

House of the People may refer to: House of the People (Afghanistan), the lower house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan Lok Sabha ("House of the...

The president of the Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992)...

The Soviet–Afghan War took place in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the protracted...

up the Afghan people. The former Afghan National Anthem and the Afghan Constitution (before 2021) each mention fourteen of them. The term "Afghan" is...

eastern Afghanistan. They historically were also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the term's meaning had become a demonym for members of all ethnic...

former Speaker of the House of the People (the lower house of parliament or Wolesi Jirga). Following the Soviet Intervention of Afghanistan in 1979, Qanooni...

The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, later known as the Republic of Afghanistan, was the Afghan state between 1978 and 1992. It was bordered by Pakistan...

as the Parliament of Afghanistan or simply as the Afghan Parliament, was the legislature of Afghanistan in various forms from the monarchy, republican...

The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) was a Marxist–Leninist political party in Afghanistan established on 1 January 1965. Four members...

commanders of the Afghan mujahideen in the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979. Rabbani was chosen to be the President of Afghanistan after the end of the former communist...

politician in Afghanistan who has formerly represented Paktika province in the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan's lower house of parliament. He is the founder and...

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan interim...

The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war. In February 2020, the...

led by the United States invaded Afghanistan, declaring Operation Enduring Freedom as part of the earlier-declared war on terror, toppling the Taliban-ruled...

The Kingdom of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان شاهي دولت, romanized: Dǝ Afġānistān Šahi Dawlat; Dari: پادشاهی افغانستان, romanized: Pādešāhī-ye Afġānistān)...

The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Afghanistan. De facto head of state: Mohammed Omar (until 13 November) President: Burhanuddin...

prominence during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. As a commander for Hezb-e Islami Khalis, he quickly became an important leader for the Pashai community...

1962) is an Afghan politician and businessman who is the current de jure Speaker of Afghanistan's House of the People (Wolesi Jirga, the House of Representatives)...

2003 in Afghanistan. A list of notable incidents in Afghanistan during 2003 President: Hamid Karzai Vice President: Hedayat Amin Arsala Vice President:...

faction of the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) by Hafizullah Amin. He held only a minor role in the Saur Revolution of 1978, which...

Khalsa is a Sikh Afghan politician. In January 2019, he secured a seat in the Lower House of the Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) in the 2018 Afghan parliamentary...

against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The stated goal was to dismantle al-Qaeda, which had executed the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, and...

Afghan politician, writer, and women's rights activist. Originally from Badakhshan province and ethnically Tajik, Koofi was recently a member of the Afghan...

was an Afghan socialist and Marxist-Leninist politician and a member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) (belonging to the Parcham...

 1991-2023) was an Afghan politician, women's rights activist, lawmaker and critic of the Taliban who served as a Member of the House of the People from Kabul...

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered...

The Islamic State of Afghanistan was established by the Peshawar Accords of 26 April 1992. Many Afghan mujahideen parties participated in its creation...

October 1982) was an Afghan politician who was Prime Minister of Afghanistan for over a year in the early 1970s, during the reign of King Mohammad Zahir...