Mohammad Asif Rahimi

Mohammad Asif Rahimi is an Afghan politician serving as ambassador to the Netherlands. He was previously the governor of Herat Province and Minister of Agriculture. An ethnic Tajik, he was raised in Kabul, and obtained a bachelor's degree from Kabul University in 1981 before completing post-graduate studies in Management of Development Programs in 1989 at Omaha University in Nebraska, United States. Rahimi moved to Canada in 2001, and returned to Afghanistan in 2005, where he joined the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, spearheading rural development and infrastructure regeneration. He was appointed to his current posting in October 2008 and was confirmed by the National Assembly of Afghanistan. Part of his Ministry's efforts have been focused on reducing opium production in Afghanistan, which is seen as critical to Afghanistan's development.

Fauzia Gailani

Fauzia Gailani was elected to represent Herat Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. She won almost 16,885 votes, more than any other candidate in Herat

Ghulam Mohammad Rigi

Ghulam Muhammad Rigi was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections. In an interview with Ferozan Rahmani of the Pajhwok Afghan News he stated that all the planks in his platform were based on Islamic law

Nasruddin Mohseni

Sayed Nasruddin Mohseni is a politician of Afghanistan. He is a leader of the Hizb e Wahadat e Islami—a party that serves members of Hazara ethnic group, who are from Islam's Sh'ia minority

Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi

Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi was a candidate in the Afghan presidential election in 2004 and the Afghan presidential elections in 2009. Nijrabi is a Physician and a lecturer at Kabul University's medical college

Mohammad Gul (Helmand Council)

Hajji Mohammad Gul was elected to the Helmand Provincial Council in 2005

Rish Khor prison

Rish Khor is a prison on an Afghan military base that former captives report was run by Americans

Lufti Al-Arabi Al-Gharisi

Lutfi al-Arabi al-Gharisi is a citizen of Tunisia held in extrajudicial detention by the United States

Hameedullah Khan Tokhi

Hameedullah Khan Tokhi was elected to represent Zabul Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005

Vahram Atanesyan

Vahram Atanesyan is a journalist and legislator from Nagorno-Karabakh. He is the chair of the legislature's standing committee on Foreign Affairs

Andrei Simonov

Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was a Russian Armed Forces major general serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District