Habibullah Karzai

Habibullah Khan Karzai is a powerful Afghan leader from the Popalzai clan. He is an elder and considered a leader of the Karzai family. His younger brother, Abdullah Khan Karzai was the father of President Hamid Karzai.

Habibullah Khan Karzai served as special advisor and speechwriter to King Zahir Shah and accompanied him in the course of the King's state visit to the United States during the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. ["The New York Times": "Ex-Afghan Envoy Relays..." (October 201983) [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0917FC395F0C738EDDA90994DB484D81&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fAfghanistan Link] ] He has also served as senior envoy from the Afghan Foreign Ministry and Permanent Representative from Afghanistan to the United Nations. ["The New York Times": "The Afghan Rulers: Fier..." (December 211981) [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3061EFE395C0C728EDDAB0994D9484D81&n=Top%2fNews%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fAfghanistan Link] ] Habibullah Karzai is regarded by many Afghans as a very learned scholar of philosophy and politics.

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