1. Abdullah Abdullah worked as an ophthalmologist and medical doctor in the 1980s.
19 Facts About Abdullah Abdullah
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Abdullah Abdullah is the son of a Pashtun father, Ghulam Mahyyoddin Zmaryalay, from the Kandahar area, and a Tajik mother from Panjshir.
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Abdullah Abdullah's father was a senator during the final years of King Zahir Shah's rule.
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Abdullah Abdullah's nephew was Mohammad Fahim Dashty, the spokesman for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan during the Panjshir conflict.
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Abdullah Abdullah studied ophthalmology at Kabul University's Department of Medicine, where he received an MBBS in 1983.
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In 1985, Abdullah returned to Afghanistan to join the resistance against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and made his way to Panjshir.
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Abdullah Abdullah became a close associate and adviser to mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud.
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Islamic State of Afghanistan elements of the United Front, including the Defense Minister Ahmad Shah Massoud and the Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, remained Afghanistan's internationally recognized government.
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In early 2001, Abdullah traveled with Ahmad Shah Massoud to Brussels, where Massoud addressed the European Parliament asking the international community to provide humanitarian help to the people of Afghanistan.
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On 6 May 2009, Abdullah registered as an Independent candidate for the 2009 Afghan presidential election, running against incumbent president Hamid Karzai.
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On 1 November 2009, Abdullah announced that he had decided to withdraw from the runoff election, citing his lack of faith in the President Karzai government's ability to hold a "fair and transparent" second election process.
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On 1 October 2013, Abdullah officially announced his nomination for the presidential election held on 5 April 2014.
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The results of that election remained in dispute through until September 2014, with Abdullah claiming the government and the national electoral institutions manipulated the results.
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Pressure from the United States on the two candidates to resolve their differences, and to negotiate a power-sharing deal were initially agreed to, but Abdullah later remained defiant.
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Abdullah Abdullah has further sought to implement a number of ceasefires with the Taliban.
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Incumbent Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah registered as a candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
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Mr Abdullah is head of the council, where he will lead peace efforts with the Taliban.
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On 17 May 2020, a deal was reached where Abdullah was to lead the country's High Council for National Reconciliation as a chairman.
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In February 2022, Abdullah was temporarily placed under house arrest by the Taliban in Afghanistan.