Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai, commonly known as Najibullah (born 1947, died 1996), was an Afghan communist politician who led the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992. He served as General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1986 to 1992 and as President of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992, overseeing the late Soviet period and the subsequent civil conflict.
Najibullah rose through the ranks of the PDPA during the 1970s and 1980s and became a central
After Kabul fell to rebel forces in 1992, Najibullah and his government collapsed, and he sought asylum
Najibullah’s legacy is contested: some view his later reforms as pragmatic attempts at reconciliation and modernization,