Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani (1952 – May 2, 2007) briefly served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from July 6, 1992, until August 15, 1992. He was a member of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami.[1]
Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani عبدالصبور فريد کوهستاني | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
| In office 6 July 1992 – 15 August 1992 | |
| President | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Preceded by | Fazal Haq Khaliqyar as Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| Succeeded by | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1993) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 Kohistan, Kapisa, Afghanistan[citation needed] |
| Died | 2 May 2007 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin |
He later served as a member of the upper house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan until he was assassinated in a shooting outside his home in Kabul on May 2, 2007. Police said his assassins had set up an ambush for him when he left his home to go to a mosque.[2]
References
edit- ^ Maley, William (2002). The Afghanistan Wars. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 198. ISBN 0-333-80291-8.
- ^ "Ex-Afghan prime minister killed". BBC News. May 3, 2007.
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