Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai
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Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai | |
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Burhannudin Rabbani | |
Preceded by | Najibullah Lafraie |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Ghous (Islamic Emirate) continues serving |
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Born | 1947[citation needed] |
Died | 21 August 1997 Bamyan, Afghanistan |
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (c.1947 – 21 August 1997) was a politician and diplomat of
During the 1970s he entered the Afghan foreign service. He was sent to the United States to represent the political administration supported by the Soviet Union. As the ambassador to the United Nations, Ghafoorzai thought it his duty to call on global partners to denounce the Soviet invasion in 1979. From then until 1992, he worked to encourage international opposition to the regime that the Soviets had set up in Afghanistan.
When the communist government fell in 1992, Ghafoorzai acted as an intermediary to unite the contending factions. He worked in the
In September 1996 the government troops withdrew from Kabul and the
Just ten days before his death, he was appointed prime minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan government. He was killed in a plane crash in Bamyan Province where he was going to negotiate with allies to form his cabinet.