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Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani

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Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani
عبدالصبور فريد کوهستاني
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
In office
6 July 1992 – 15 August 1992
PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani
Preceded byFazal Haq Khaliqyar as Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Succeeded byGulbuddin Hekmatyar (1993)
Personal details
Born1952
Kohistan, Kapisa, Afghanistan[citation needed]
Died2 May 2007
Kabul, Afghanistan
Political partyHezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani (1952 – May 2, 2007) briefly served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from July 6, 1992, until August 15, 1992. He was a member of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami.[1]

He later served as a member of the upper house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan until he was assassinated in a shooting outside his home in Kabul on May 2, 2007. Police said his assassins had set up an ambush for him when he left his home to go to a mosque.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Maley, William (2002). The Afghanistan Wars. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 198. ISBN 0-333-80291-8.
  2. ^ "Ex-Afghan prime minister killed". BBC News. May 3, 2007.