AFP :
An Afghan mujahideen commander who fought the Soviets and rose to become the country’s first president after the Red Army retreated has died aged 93, his family said on Tuesday.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, who commanded a mujahideen faction during the decade-long insurgency against the
Soviet occupiers, passed away late on Monday in a Kabul hospital after a long illness.
Prominent Afghans, including former president Hamid Karzai, have begun visiting the Mojaddedi family home to pay their respects.
Afghanistan’s de facto prime minister Abdullah Abdullah extended his condolences to the respected Mojaddedi clan.
“He has played a vital role in all national issues and his legacy will remain part of Afghanistan’s history,” he posted on Twitter.
An Afghan mujahideen commander who fought the Soviets and rose to become the country’s first president after the Red Army retreated has died aged 93, his family said on Tuesday.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, who commanded a mujahideen faction during the decade-long insurgency against the
Soviet occupiers, passed away late on Monday in a Kabul hospital after a long illness.
Prominent Afghans, including former president Hamid Karzai, have begun visiting the Mojaddedi family home to pay their respects.
Afghanistan’s de facto prime minister Abdullah Abdullah extended his condolences to the respected Mojaddedi clan.
“He has played a vital role in all national issues and his legacy will remain part of Afghanistan’s history,” he posted on Twitter.
