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Afghanistan">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Afghanistan" title="1993 in Afghanistan">1993</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div> </td><td style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1992%E2%80%932001).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992%E2%80%932001%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992%E2%80%932001%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992%E2%80%932001%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992%E2%80%932001%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992%E2%80%932001%29.svg/160px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992%E2%80%932001%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><br 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font-size:88%; background:#f3f3f3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <p><span style="font-size:120%">→</span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_Afghanistan" title="1997 in Afghanistan">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_Afghanistan" title="1998 in Afghanistan">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_Afghanistan" title="1999 in Afghanistan">1999</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1970s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:1970s in Afghanistan">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1980s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:1980s in Afghanistan">1980s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:1990s in Afghanistan">1990s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2000s in Afghanistan">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2010s in Afghanistan">2010s</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">Other events of 1996</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Afghanistan" title="List of years in Afghanistan">List of years in Afghanistan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following lists events that happened during <b><a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Afghanistan" title="List of heads of state of Afghanistan">De facto head of state</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mullah_Omar" title="Mullah Omar">Mohammed Omar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan" title="President of Afghanistan">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani" title="Burhanuddin Rabbani">Burhanuddin Rabbani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Afghanistan" title="Prime Minister of Afghanistan">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Ahmadzai" title="Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai">Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai</a> (until 26 June), <a href="/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar" title="Gulbuddin Hekmatyar">Gulbuddin Hekmatyar</a> (starting 26 June)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Afghanistan" title="Vice President of Afghanistan">Vice President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nabi_Mohammadi" title="Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi">Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi</a> (left)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 3 – About 1,000 Muslim clergymen elect Taliban leader <a href="/wiki/Mullah_Omar" title="Mullah Omar">Mohammed Omar</a> as <i>amir al-momineen</i> (commander of the faithful), denouncing Rabbani as unfit to lead the Islamic nation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 18 – the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> provided protection to <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>'s leader <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a> after relocating to Afghanistan following his expulsion from <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 26 – <a href="/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar" title="Gulbuddin Hekmatyar">Hekmatyar</a>, whose Hezb-i-Islami forces have bombarded the government in Kabul until driven from their positions by the Taliban, is sworn in again as prime minister. He immediately attempts to open contacts with northern Afghanistan's powerful warlord, <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum" title="Abdul Rashid Dostum">General Dostum</a>. From his power base in Mazari Sharif, Dostum continues to control a virtually independent northern Afghanistan. On July 3 President Rabbani names a 10-man cabinet under Prime Minister Hekmatyar. Foreign minister: Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai; defense: <a href="/wiki/Waheedullah_Sabawoon" title="Waheedullah Sabawoon">Waheedullah Sabawoon</a>; finance: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hadi_Arghandiwal" title="Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal">Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal</a>; interior: <a href="/wiki/Yunus_Qanuni" title="Yunus Qanuni">Mohammad Yunus Qanuni</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 5 – The Taliban launch a rapid offensive in eastern Afghanistan. Their forces capture the city of Jalalabad, together with important areas in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. With these territorial advances most of Afghanistan's traditionally Pashtun homelands are united under Taliban control. The gains include Kabul's main road to Pakistan and seal the fate of Rabbani's mostly <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81jik_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tājik people">Tajik</a> government.</li> <li>September 27 – The long power struggle between <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>'s armed factions takes a decisive turn when <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> militias enter <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, where they meet little resistance from government forces.<sup id="cite_ref-IRB,Can.,1997_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IRB,Can.,1997-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Taliban's first act is to execute the last <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">Democratic Republic of Afghanistan</a> president <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Najibullah" title="Mohammad Najibullah">Mohammad Najibullah</a> along with his brother <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shahpur_Ahmadzai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shahpur Ahmadzai (page does not exist)">Shahpur Ahmadzai</a>. Najibullah had been living inside a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> compound in Kabul since 1992. The new state, the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan_(1996%E2%80%932001)" title="Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)">Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan</a> was recognized only by three UN member states: <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 4 – In <a href="/wiki/Almaty" title="Almaty">Almaty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and four other Central Asian countries adopted a declaration expressing concern regarding the conflict in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, assessing it as a direct threat to the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">Commonwealth of Independent States</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 11 – In <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>'s ousted president <a href="/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani" title="Burhanuddin Rabbani">Burhanuddin Rabbani</a> arrived for talks with high-ranking Iranian officials to discuss developments in Afghanistan.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – The season's first snowfall in <a href="/wiki/Badghis_Province" title="Badghis Province">Badghis Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> severely hampered fighting between <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Northern_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan Northern Alliance">Afghan Northern Alliance</a> forces, and halted humanitarian relief efforts.</li> <li>December 3 - <ul><li>Former <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghan</a> head of state <a href="/wiki/Babrak_Karmal" title="Babrak Karmal">Babrak Karmal</a> died in <a href="/wiki/Moscow,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow, Russia">Moscow, Russia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehsanullah_Ehsan_(banker)" title="Ehsanullah Ehsan (banker)">Ehsanullah Ehsan</a>, the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>'s Central Bank, declared most <a href="/wiki/Afghani_note" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghani note">Afghani notes</a> in circulation to be worthless and cancelled the contract with the <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> firm that had been printing the currency since 1992. Ehsan accused the firm of sending new shipments of Afghani notes to ousted president <a href="/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani" title="Burhanuddin Rabbani">Burhanuddin Rabbani</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Takhar_Province" title="Takhar Province">Takhar Province</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mazari_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazari Sharif">Mazari Sharif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> launched its fifth annual appeal for $133 million in <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" title="Humanitarian aid">humanitarian aid</a> to <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, but warned <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> leaders that policies toward conduct of women would have to change.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Jalalabad" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, the local Department for Promoting the Good and Suppressing the Bad issued a directive prohibiting <a href="/wiki/Taxicab_driver" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicab driver">taxi drivers</a> from giving rides to women wearing <a href="/wiki/Chador" title="Chador">chadors</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> announced that it would stop funding education projects in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> if girls were not allowed by the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> to go to school.</li></ul></li> <li>December 4 - <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Mazari_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazari Sharif">Mazari Sharif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> faction leader <a href="/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar" title="Gulbuddin Hekmatyar">Gulbuddin Hekmatyar</a> joined the anti-<a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Northern_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan Northern Alliance">Afghan Northern Alliance</a> formed by ousted president <a href="/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani" title="Burhanuddin Rabbani">Burhanuddin Rabbani</a> and northern militia leader General <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum" title="Abdul Rashid Dostum">Abdul Rashid Dostum</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Shariat" title="Radio Shariat">Radio Shariat</a> (Radio Islamic Law) announced that women should be covered from head to foot.</li></ul></li> <li>December 5 - <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>'s ousted president <a href="/wiki/Burhanuddin_Rabbani" title="Burhanuddin Rabbani">Burhanuddin Rabbani</a> arrived for talks with <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iran" title="President of Iran">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani" class="mw-redirect" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani">Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani</a> to discuss developments in Afghanistan.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> punished 225 women for violating <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> clothing rules, and punished several men for violating Taliban beard rules. The men were advised to "grow thick beards and small moustaches within one and a half months."</li></ul></li> <li>December 6 - <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Istalif" title="Istalif">Istalif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> enemy troops pounded <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> positions with heavy artillery and rockets, prompting Taliban troops to pull out of the village.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> special envoy <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Holl" title="Norbert Holl">Norbert Holl</a> met with <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> Foreign Minister Mullah <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammed_Ghous&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohammed Ghous (page does not exist)">Mohammed Ghous</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> military airplane transported the body of former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan" title="President of Afghanistan">Afghan President</a> <a href="/wiki/Babrak_Karmal" title="Babrak Karmal">Babrak Karmal</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mazari_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazari Sharif">Mazari Sharif</a> to be buried.</li></ul></li> <li>December 7 - <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> 10-seater <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft" title="Beechcraft">Beechcraft</a> airplane carrying <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81jik_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tājik people">Tajik</a> opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Sayid_Abdulloh_Nuri" title="Sayid Abdulloh Nuri">Sayid Abdulloh Nuri</a> and seven other Tajik passengers from <a href="/wiki/Mashhad" title="Mashhad">Mashhad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> to <a href="/wiki/Taloqan" title="Taloqan">Taloqan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> was intercepted by <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> aircraft and forced to land in <a href="/wiki/Shindand,_Herat" class="mw-redirect" title="Shindand, Herat">Shindand</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistani</a> Foreign Secretary <a href="/wiki/Najmuddin_Shaikh" title="Najmuddin Shaikh">Najmuddin Shaikh</a> met with rebel forces in <a href="/wiki/Mazari_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazari Sharif">Mazari Sharif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>December 8 - <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Shindand,_Herat" class="mw-redirect" title="Shindand, Herat">Shindand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> released the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> a 10-seater <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft" title="Beechcraft">Beechcraft</a> airplane they had forced to land the previous day, and had it flown to Taliban headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> for repairs rather than allowing it to complete its flight to <a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> officials met with <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistani</a> Foreign Secretary <a href="/wiki/Najmuddin_Shaikh" title="Najmuddin Shaikh">Najmuddin Shaikh</a>The subject discussed as during Mr. Shaikh's meeting with Dostum and Dr. Abdullah in Mazar Sharif a day earlier was the working out of ceasefire arrangements between the contending factions in Afghanistan and suggesting talks with the Northern Alliance for the formation of a coalition government</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> leadership nominated <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Hakeem_Mujahed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdul Hakeem Mujahed (page does not exist)">Abdul Hakeem Mujahed</a> as <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>'s ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> special envoy <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Holl" title="Norbert Holl">Norbert Holl</a> met with ousted commander <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud" title="Ahmad Shah Massoud">Ahmad Shah Massoud</a> to discuss U.N. proposals for an Afghan <a href="/wiki/Ceasefire" title="Ceasefire">ceasefire</a>, the demilitarization of <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, and the formation of a neutral <a href="/w/index.php?title=Afghan_Police_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afghan Police Force (page does not exist)">Afghan Police Force</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>December 10 – In <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> special envoy <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Holl" title="Norbert Holl">Norbert Holl</a> with senior <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> officials.</li> <li>December 12 – In <a href="/wiki/Mazari_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazari Sharif">Mazari Sharif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> special envoy <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Holl" title="Norbert Holl">Norbert Holl</a> met with rebel leader General <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum" title="Abdul Rashid Dostum">Abdul Rashid Dostum</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 7 – <a href="/wiki/Zekeria_Ebrahimi" title="Zekeria Ebrahimi">Zekeria Ebrahimi</a>, actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=1826_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1834_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1834 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1839_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1839 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1840 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1842</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1878 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_Afghanistan" title="1879 in Afghanistan">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1881_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1881 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1882_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1882 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1883_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1883 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1884</a></li> <li><a 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Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1893_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1893 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1894_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1894 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_Afghanistan" title="1896 in Afghanistan">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_Afghanistan" title="1897 in Afghanistan">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_Afghanistan" title="1898 in Afghanistan">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_Afghanistan" title="1899 in Afghanistan">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_Afghanistan" title="1900 in Afghanistan">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Afghanistan">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Afghanistan" title="1934 in Afghanistan">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_Afghanistan" title="1935 in Afghanistan">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_Afghanistan" title="1936 in Afghanistan">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_Afghanistan" title="1937 in Afghanistan">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_Afghanistan" title="1938 in Afghanistan">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_Afghanistan" title="1939 in Afghanistan">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Afghanistan" title="1940 in Afghanistan">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_Afghanistan" title="1941 in Afghanistan">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_Afghanistan" title="1942 in Afghanistan">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_Afghanistan" title="1943 in Afghanistan">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_Afghanistan" title="1944 in Afghanistan">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_Afghanistan" title="1945 in Afghanistan">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_Afghanistan" title="1946 in Afghanistan">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_Afghanistan" title="1947 in Afghanistan">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_Afghanistan" title="1948 in Afghanistan">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_Afghanistan" title="1949 in Afghanistan">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_Afghanistan" title="1950 in Afghanistan">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_Afghanistan" title="1951 in Afghanistan">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_Afghanistan" title="1952 in Afghanistan">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_Afghanistan" title="1953 in Afghanistan">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_Afghanistan" title="1954 in Afghanistan">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_Afghanistan" title="1955 in Afghanistan">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_Afghanistan" title="1956 in Afghanistan">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_Afghanistan" title="1957 in Afghanistan">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_Afghanistan" title="1958 in Afghanistan">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_Afghanistan" title="1959 in Afghanistan">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Afghanistan" title="1960 in Afghanistan">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Afghanistan" title="1961 in Afghanistan">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Afghanistan" title="1962 in Afghanistan">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_Afghanistan" title="1963 in Afghanistan">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Afghanistan" title="1964 in Afghanistan">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_Afghanistan" title="1965 in Afghanistan">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Afghanistan" title="1966 in Afghanistan">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Afghanistan" title="1967 in Afghanistan">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_Afghanistan" title="1968 in Afghanistan">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_Afghanistan" title="1969 in 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