Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (died: August 21, 1997) was a politician and diplomat of
Afghanistan. He was an ethnic
Pashtun, a member of the
Mohammadzai tribe. During the 1970s he entered the Afghan foreign service. He was sent to the United States to represent the political administration supported by the Soviet Union. As the Ambassador to the UN, Mr. Ghafoorzai thought it his duty to call on the global partners to denounce the Soviet invasion in 1979. From then until 1992, he worked as a representative official to trigger international support against the regime that the Soviets had set up in Afghanistan. When the communist government fell in 1992, Ghafoorzai acted as an intermediary to unite the factions of Afghanistan. He worked in the
United Nations until 1995, and then became deputy foreign minister. He became
foreign minister in July 1996. in September 1996 the government troops withdored from Kabul and the
Taliban captured Afghanistan's capital,
Kabul, The International community did not recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan
legitimate government except Pakistan,
United Arab Emirates and
Saudi Arabia, the
Islamic State of Afghanistan government established the new cabinet in
Mazar e Sharif in the north of Afghanistan, meanwhile the Afghanistan Embassies and the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations was in control of Islamic State of Afghanistan as legitimate representative of Afghanistan. Ghafoorzai continued as Afghanistan Foreign Minister until August...
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