Afghan Famous Names Starting with Letter S

The son of Said Fazel Akbar, a former governor of the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.[1] Akbar, a cit

The son of Said Fazel Akbar, a former governor of the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.[1] Akbar, a citizen of both Afghanistan and the United States, graduated from Yale University, where he was tapped into the highly-secretive and selective Skull and Bones senior society in May 2006.[citation needed] Akbar has assisted his father and US forces, following the 2001 war in Afghanistan.

An Afghan film director.Most of his films were made between 1978 and 1985. His work received much ac

An Afghan film director.Most of his films were made between 1978 and 1985. His work received much acclaim which angered the government due to the attention he was receiving from them and in 1996 one of his films was burned by the Taliban.

A Pashtun/ Mohammedzai singer from Afghanistan.She is one of the famous Afghan Female singers. Salma

A Pashtun/ Mohammedzai singer from Afghanistan.She is one of the famous Afghan Female singers. Salma was born in November 27, 1952 and her birth name is Soraya Amerie.She is sister to Haidar Salim, wife to Rahim Jahani, mother to Rahe Jahani and cousin to Ahmad Wali with whom she has made lots of albums. She currently lives in Sacramento, Californiain U.S.A along with her husband Rahim Jahani and her three children. She was a student of Afghanistan's famous composer, Ustad Khyal. She has two daughters and one son-their names are Salma (oldest), Rahe (middle) and Sonbol (youngest). Her son Rahe accompanies them in their concert in playing keyboard and Harmonium-he also plays the tabla. Salma is also known for her Exquisite fashion sense and very classy presentation ever since being a singer in Afghanistan.

Is a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler who plays for Afghanistan. Shenwari is a part of the

Is a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler who plays for Afghanistan. Shenwari is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier where they gained ODI status.

Was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesmen for the opposition mo

Was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesmen for the opposition movement known as the United National Front. He was a former minister of commerce in the Afghan Transitional Government. Kazemi was amongst a delegation of politicians and lawmakers killed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghlan, northern Afghanistan, on November 6, 2007.[1]

An Afghani football player who plays for Maiwand Kabul FC.He made his debut for Afghanistan national

An Afghani football player who plays for Maiwand Kabul FC.He made his debut for Afghanistan national football team on 15 February 2002 in a friendly match at Kabul against a selection of ISAF where he scored Afghanistan's goal. He had been a member of a squad for 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification where he scored a goal against Kyrgyzstan.

Is an Afghan cricketer. Noori is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler who plays for

Is an Afghan cricketer. Noori is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. Noori represented the Afghanistan U-19 cricket team in 2007, making his debut against Malaysia in the ACC Under-19 Elite Cup.

Is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper who plays for Afghanistan. He is a part of the rapidly

Is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper who plays for Afghanistan. He is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to take part in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier where they qualified for One Day International status. Shafiqullah made his One Day International debut on 1 September, 2009 against the Netherlands. Shah made his ODI debut against the Netherlands at the VRA Cricket Ground on 30 August 2009. Shah also made his first class debut in Afghanistan's debut match in the Intercontinental Cup against a Zimbabwe XI at Mutare on 16 August 2009.

A former communist general. He was chief of Afghanistan's army under the Soviet-backed Republic of A

A former communist general. He was chief of Afghanistan's army under the Soviet-backed Republic of Afghanistan. His military positions included Commander of Artillery, Chief of the Army Staff, Chief of the KHAD Intelligence Network and then Minister of Defense during the Soviet occupation in the 1980s.[1]

An Afghani football player. The goalkeeper plays for Kabul Bank FC and is the current Afghanistan nu

An Afghani football player. The goalkeeper plays for Kabul Bank FC and is the current Afghanistan number one. He is one of the most experienced players among the current Afghanistan national football team. In the June 2007 Amiri was given Afghanistan's best player of the year award at age of just 22. He has scored a single goal at club level, an extraordinary shot which was originally a goal kick. Taking the goal kick from the penalty spot, Amiri hit it with such force that it soared the length of the pitch and went over the keeper's head in the other end and into the goal. The future talent for Afghanistan's 3rd substitute goalkeeper is Qhais Amin Inshallah.

Is an Afghan cricketer. Zadran is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast-medium. Zadran curre

Is an Afghan cricketer. Zadran is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast-medium. Zadran currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. Zadran made his debut for Afghanistan against Chitral in the 2003/4 Inter-District Senior Tournament. His international debut for the side came against Oman in the 2004 ACC Trophy. Zadran also represented Afghanistan in the 2006 ACC Trophy, playing a single against Bahrain, in the final which Afghanistan lost by 3 wickets. In 2009, Zadran made his first-class debut for Afghanistan in the Intercontinental Cup against a Zimbabwe XI in which Afghanistan drew the match. Zadran made his One Day International debut against the Netherlands during Afghanistan's tour of the Netherlands in 2009, where he took 4/24 from 10 overs. Despite this, Afghanistan lost the match by 8 runs.

The President of the Toronto-based Canadian Afghan Council (CAC). He is the first Afghan diplomat to

The President of the Toronto-based Canadian Afghan Council (CAC). He is the first Afghan diplomat to have represented Afghanistan in Canada. He was appointed by the Interim Administration headed by Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's only representative and chief negotiator on the establishment of full bilateral diplomatic and consular relations between Afghanistan and Canada at resident-embassy level in April 2002.

Is a German-Afghani footballer who plays for Wedeler TSV.

Is a German-Afghani footballer who plays for Wedeler TSV.

An Afghan film director and producer. He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from Moscow Film

An Afghan film director and producer. He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) in 1987.He has written a few screenplays and has made a few short films. His first feature film Osama won Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004.There is a stylistic echo in Osama of the "Afghan" films by the Iranian Makhmalbaf dynasty - father Mohsen's Kandahar and daughter Samira Makhmalbaf's At Five in the Afternoon, the latter also shot in post-Taliban Kabul. Barmak directed Osama with significant funding and assistance from Mohsen Makhmalbaf;

Is an Afghan mixed martial artist and reigning Light-Heavyweight Shooto Champion currently fighting

Is an Afghan mixed martial artist and reigning Light-Heavyweight Shooto Champion currently fighting at Middleweight. His MMA nickname is "Siyar The Great". A veteran of the Shooto Holland organization, he is the 2008,2009,2010 Shooto light heavyweight wor

Was an Afghan communist politician, ideologue and a poet.[1] Initially a student of the College of T

Was an Afghan communist politician, ideologue and a poet.[1] Initially a student of the College of Theology, graduated from the College of Literature in 1957. Laeq was an exellente poet and writer in Pashtu and Dari. During 1957-68, Laeq held different posts in the national controlled media.One of his sisters was married to Mir Akbar Khyber (a leading leftist idealogue whose murder in 1978 started the Saur Revolution); another sister was married to Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (who would later become President of Afghanistan). Laeq was a founder of the newspaper Parcham in 1968. Toguether with Babrak Karmal, reprensented the moderate faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). At the same time, he became a permanent member of the Central Committee of the Parcham parliamentary group. After the Saur Revolution, Laeq became Minister for Radio and Television in 1978 and for a time was admitted to membership in the Politburo after the government had expelled the Parchamis.[1][2]