Amrullah Saleh
Amrullah Saleh | |
|---|---|
امرالله صالح | |
.jpg) Saleh in 2011 | |
| Acting President of Afghanistan | |
Claimed | |
| In office 17 August 2021[1] – 6 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ashraf Ghani |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 5th First Vice President of Afghanistan | |
| In office 19 February 2020 – 6 September 2021 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rashid Dostum |
| Minister of Interior Affairs | |
| In office 23 December 2018 – 19 January 2019 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Wais Barmak |
| Succeeded by | Masoud Andarabi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1972 Panjshir Province, Afghanistan |
Amrullah Saleh (Dari/Pashto: امرالله صالح; born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician. On 17 August 2021 the government of Afghanistan had lost its power; however, Saleh still had the highest position of (elected) politicians that had not resigned. He was the acting president of Afghanistan from the Fall of Kabul on 17 August 2021 until 6 September 2021.[1] He started in 2020 as vice president of Afghanistan. Earlier, he was the Minister of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan in 2018 and 2019.
After the Fall of Kabul (2021)[change | change source]
After the Fall of Kabul (2021), Saleh moved himself to the Panjshir Valley; from there he said that an anti-Taliban resistance has started; that group was started by Saleh and Ahmad Massoud and defense minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi.[2][3]
Family[change | change source]
in September 2021, Taliban killed one of his brothers in Panjshir.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Landay, Jonathan; Macfie, Nick; Boyle, John (17 August 2021). "Afghan vice president says he is "caretaker" president". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ↑ "An anti-Taliban front forming in Panjshir? Ex top spy Saleh, son of 'Lion of Panjshir' meet at citadel". The Week. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ↑ "Afghan Vice President Saleh Declares Himself Caretaker President; Reaches Out To Leaders for Support". News18. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ↑ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/brother-of-former-afghan-vp-shot-dead-by-taliban/article36400731.ece "The Taliban shot dead the brother of Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice-President of Afghanistan, and his driver in northern Panjshir Province, Saleh’s nephew said on Saturday"
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