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Brief Biography of Dr Abdullah
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Dr
Abdullah was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Interim Administration of Afghanistan in December
2001. Following the Loya Jirga held in June 2002, he was
reappointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Transitional
Islamic Government of Afghanistan.
Dr
Abdullah had previously served as Acting Foreign Minister
(1999-2001) and Deputy Foreign Minister (1997-1999), and
Spokesperson for the Islamic State of Afghanistan (1996-2001).
He was also a senior aide and adviser to Commander Ahmad
Shah Massoud, and a distinguished figure in the Afghan
Resistance to the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan and
the Taliban rule of the country. A medical doctor by training,
he had earlier been Head of the Health Department, Panjshir
Resistance Front, and had practised at the Syed Jamaludin
Afghani Eye Hospital for Afghan Refugees, Peshawar (Pakistan),
and the Noor Eye Institute, Kabul.
Since
taking up the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Dr Abdullah has worked relentlessly to consolidate Afghanistan’s
position as a responsible sovereign state in world politics
and attract international support for the reconstruction
of the country.
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