1996: Dr. Mohammad Najibullah

On this date in 1996, the man who once ruled ruled Afghanistan under the aegis of a superpower succumbed to the tender mercies of his country’s fundamentalist insurgency.

Mohammad Najibullah was the last president of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Unfortunately for Najibullah, he was on the job when Moscow decided to throw in the towel on the Soviet-Afghan War.

After losing the subsequent civil war, the former President was trapped for a nervous few years in Kabul — blocked from joining his family in flight to India by the offices of former Soviet client and present-day American client Abdul Rashid Dostum.

When Kabul finally surrendered to the Taliban in 1996, the hated onetime Communist viceroy — whose stepping-stone to that post was heading the hated Afghan secret police — had a problem.

At the instigation of future Taliban second-in-command Mohammad Rabbani, Najibullah and his brother were hauled out of the U.N. compound where they had taken refuge, publicly beaten, tortured and castrated, and strung up on a traffic barricade.

There was a new sheriff in town.



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87 thoughts on “1996: Dr. Mohammad Najibullah

  1. Dr Najibullah was very good person and honest man he work hard for peace to join all the people of afghanistan he make hashtimili but our bad leaders didn’t accept god panish them

    thx

  2. Dr Najibullah is very good and honest man he work hard for peace to join all the people of afghanistan he make hashtimili but our bad leaders didn’t accept god panish them

    thx

  3. What the fuck is wrong with us afghan people ? We fight amongs each other and therefore we will never have peace in our country we are not united as one every tribe wants best for their own kind and leave brother Rahim alone

  4. Because there was no one to support them.
    Doctor najeeb tried to escape but dostam’s men didnt let him go.
    Dostam, Hekmatyar, massood all of the great leaders and powers were in afghanistan but no body helped them.

  5. “At the instigation of future Taliban second-in-command Mohammad Rabbani, Najibullah and his brother were hauled out of the U.N. compound where they had taken refuge, publicly beaten, tortured and castrated, and strung up on a traffic barricade.”

    I am sorry! I can not understand how can 2 people be hauled out of an U.N. compound. Weren’t they supposed to be guarded? I mean, this was their job, their part of the deal.

  6. HA HA HA I JUST READ A COMMENT FROM ONE PAKISTANI ABOVE. JUST WANT TO SAY (DO BAD AND BEAR WORSE) A GOOD EXAMPLE IS YOUR BENAZIR BHUTO I HEARED THAT IN THE BLAST EVEN HER PANT WAS TAKEN OFF. HA HA HA HA

    haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    what does that mean.
    what if i reply you with the same words. but i am not gonna do that.
    if i do there would be no difference between me and who ever is this chilidish boy.
    as far as benazir is concerned she was also respected by afghans and afghan leaders on the day of her assasination president karzai wanted to meet her and she met him at noon.
    AND FOR YOU STUPID ON THE DAY OF BLAST BENAZIR WAS NOT WEARING PANTS SHE WAS WEARING TRADITIONAL SHALWAR QAMEEZ.
    I CAN SAY MANY THINGS IN REPLY BUT IT WILL MAKE MY OTHER AFGHAN FRIENDS UN HAPPY

  7. HA HA HA I JUST READ A COMMENT FROM ONE PAKISTANI ABOVE. JUST WANT TO SAY (DO BAD AND BEAR WORSE) A GOOD EXAMPLE IS YOUR BENAZIR BHUTO I HEARED THAT IN THE BLAST EVEN HER PANT WAS TAKEN OFF. HA HA HA HA

  8. my dear friends brothers and sisters
    i would say again read my article carefully and then reply.
    i am again hit that i am blaming your leaders
    if i am blaiming them then i also have expressed WHY
    my country is facing the plolitical crises
    waiting for reply

  9. Dear Afghan Brothers and Sisters,

    First of all Let’s pray to Allah Almighty to give us Unity.
    I belive once we Afghan have unity no country would use us for their personnel profits whether Pakistan,Iran or America.
    To Rahim:
    What my request from my Pakistani Rahim brother is,
    You do not have the rights to blame our leaders.
    If you are a political man I respect your knowldge and advise you to stop crises which is going on in Pakistan which seems to be increasing day by day.
    I think the Game is now wise versa and the enemy of Afghanistan are fallen in the HELL which they dug for Afghanistan.

    I as a muslim believe and if some one doesan’ he can’t be called a muslim that Allah is the best JUDGE and will panish the people who are responsible for Fights going on in Afghanistan since the last 35 years whether Afghanis or from any other countries.

    PEACE FOR AFGHANISTAN and for all Muslim Countries
    Wasalam
    Zargai

  10. PAKISTAN WAS A PART OF INDIA BUT ONE MAN TOOK STAND AND MADE PAKISTAN. AT THAT TIME WHEN WE NEEDED THE HELP OF AFGHANISTAN. AFGHANISTAN ONLY ALLOWED 10,000. MUSLIMS AND SAID THATS ENOUGH NO MORE REFUGEES.
    AND PAKISTAN IS STILL SHELTRING 3.5 MILLION.

    APART FROM ALL THE DIFFERENCES I RESPECT THE AFGHANS SPECIALLY PASHTOONS (WALY CHE ZA HUM PAKHTOON YAM AW DA PAKHTOO WEENA AW MEENA LARAM)
    ALLAH HAAFIZ.

  11. I WILL APPRECIATE THE COMMEMTS BASED ON FACTS. NOT EMOTIONAL.
    LONG LIVE AFGHANISTAN AND LONG LIVE PAKISTAN.

  12. Kheyber pakhtun khwa is the part of afghanistan.
    if it is then take it.
    Russia left due to brave soldiers of pakistan.
    pakistan has the history of sixty years true its true you are saying dont make afghan fight against my country.
    THERE IS NOT GONNA BE ANY WAR BETWEEN THESE TWO BROTHERS BECAUSE WE ALREADY GAVE SHELTER TO 3.5 MILLION AFGHANS.
    YOU GENTLEMEN ARE TALKING BRAVE THINGS ON THE SHOULDER OF USA.
    I M NOT BLAMMING YOUR LEADERS. IF EXPOSING THE BAD PERSONS IS BLAMMING THEN YES I M BLAMING THEM. I M ALSO EXPOSING THE LEADERS OF MY COUNTRY THATS WHY IM BANNED TO ENTER PAKISTAN.
    ABOUT PAKISTAN’S ABILITIES YOU GUYS KNOW IT BECAUSE SELF PRAISE IS NO RECOMMENDATION.
    I URGE ALL OF THE READERS TO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ MY WHOLE ARTICLE CAREFULLY THEN ANSWER ME. IF YOU READ IT THOROUGHLY THEN DEFINITELY YOU GENTLEMEN WILL UNDERSTAND THAT I AM THE WELL WISHER OF AFGHANISTAN.
    MY ARTICLE IS NOT ABOUT HATRES ITS ABOUT A PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN.
    THATS WHY I M TEACHING SOME AFGHAN BOYS WITHOUT FEE SECONDLY I CANT USE BAD WORDS FOR AFGHANISTAN COZ AFGHANISTAN IS GIVING ME BREAD FOR MY FAMILY.
    READ CAREFULLY AND YOU WILL FIND I NEVER USED BAD WORLD FOR THE LAND OF GALLIANT PEOPLE BUT YES I USED FOR THE CORROUPT PEOPLE WHO ARE CUTTING THE ROOTS OF AFGHANISTAN.

    FOR YOUR KIND INFORMATION THERE ARE SEVERAL LEADERS IN THE PARLIAMENT (AFGHAN NATIONALS) WHO ARE ACTUALLY SPIES (JASOOS)

  13. salam to all afghanistan!
    first of all im saying that province khyber pukhtoon khwa is not territory of pakistan.it is part of afghanistan and i feel shy when some body ask from me about my country.im saying that im from afghanistan. love u afghan

  14. There is one more thing I want to tell you Mr.Rahim,stop blamming our leaders,you dont have no right to do that.I want to mention it once more do not try to make Afghans
    fight against you,we can do everything.
    Thanks once again

  15. Dear Rahim
    The first thing I want to tell you is that we Afghans dont need your help,stop training those Afghans,try not to turn them into suicide attackers against their own people.
    We can see that you pakistanis have been interfering in all of the worlds countries.Becuase its not a stayble country,you are not united amongst yourselves as we can see that all of your states want to be independent.They do not want to be called Pakistanis no more and thats because of the bad name pakistan has all around the world.
    Lets come to the abilities of your country and Afghanistan.
    Pakistan is a kid,do you study some history or not?Pakistans complete history is sixty years,its used to be either Afghanistan or India.So how can a kid fight his FATHER.Its not about ammunition Russia was a world power,do you remember what happened to them?We Afghans are not taking action against you cuase you are
    a muslim country,dont make Afghans take action against you.
    Dear Rahim stop calling your self a pakistani,you are either Indian or Afghan.It depends on where you live in Pakistan.
    Thanks

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  17. ABOUT CHINA:
    TWO LINES
    CHINA’S ENEMY IS PAKISTAN’S ENEMY
    CHINA’S FRIEND IS PAKISTAN’S FRIEND.
    THIS IS THE FRIENDSHIP OF 50 YEARS.
    WHO EVER SAYS CHINA WILL HELP US OR NOT MAY BE HE DOESNT NO THE REAL FACTS CHINA IS HELPING US AND WILL BE HELPING US AS WE DO IN THE MEANS OF MILLITARY.

  18. dear torahim with all due respect.
    if you read my comments carefully they are for the betterment of afghanistan and afghan people.
    about america. pakistan is winning this war but we are showing that we have nothing if we dont pretend then we gona be the afghanistan.
    america is paying the pakistani officials for what ever he is doing in pak i.e 20 billion $ for entring the black water in pak. 15 billion for abbot abad operation etc etc.
    AS FAR AS DEALT WITH IS CONCERNED: THIS I DIDNT USE FOR AFGHANISTAN OR AFGHANS I USED IT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LOYAL WITH AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.
    I SAID IT AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN THAT I RESPECT AFGHANISTAN AS A MUSLIM COUNTRY AND I LOVE AFGHANISTAN WHY BECAUSE I AM WORKING IN AFGHANISTAN FOR THREE YEARS I AM THE BREAD WINNER OF MY FAMILY AND I AM EARNING IT FROM AFGHANISTAN.
    LETS TALK ABOUT KARZAI . FOR YOUR INFORMATION EVERY YEAR THERE IS THE PLAN FORM IMPLEMENTING NEW PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW WHAT 60% OF THE PROJECT GOES TO HIS SO CALLED EXCELLENCY HAMID KARZAI AND HIS FAMILY THE REST OF 40% IS THEN DISTRIBUTED IN OTHER COMPANIES AND WE LOCAL COMPANIES ARE EVEN LUCKY TO HAVE THE WORKS OF 2MILLION.
    WHAT IS THIS. TELL ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART IS KARZAI FAITHFUL TO AFG . NO. IS DOCT ABDULLAH. NO. WAS DOCTOR NAJIB. NO.
    FOR YOUR SURPRISE AFTER WORKING TIME I AM ALSO TEACHING 5 AFGHAN BOYS THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND ACTIVE ENGLISH WITHOUT FEE. WHY I WANT TO PARITCIPATE IN CHANGING AFGHAN BOYS MIND BY EVEN TEACHING 5 BOYS
    AND IF THESE BOYS ARE GOOD ENOUGH EACH OF THEM WILL TRAIN 5 MORE AND THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR MIND AND WILL MAKE THEM ABLE TO MAKE DECISION THEM SELVES.
    AMERICA IS NOT A FOOL TO HAVE CONFLICT WITH PAK.
    BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN HAS NOTHING IN POWER AND IN AMMUNITION WHILE PAKISTAN HAS NAVY, AIRFORCE, ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR POWER, 500 AIR CRAFTS.
    300 GHAURI MISSILE,
    GROUND ARMY INCLUDING, 1 ALPHA 2 BRAVO 3 CHARLIE, AND THE MOTHER OF ALL IS 3 COMMANDOS SPECIAL TASK FORCE.
    PAKISTAN HAS GOT MORE MONEY FROM USA THAN ANY OTHER IN MEANS OF HELP AND OTHER EXCUSES WHY. TO INCREASE OUR ENERGY AND WEAPONS, WHY IS THERE TOO MUCH LOAD SHEDDING IN PAKISTAN BECAUSE ALL OF THE POWER IS BEING SUPPLIED TO ARDENANCE FACTORIES AND ATOMIC ENERGIES.
    IN ABBOTABAD OPERATION WE DESTROYED ON STEALTH CHOPPER OF USA BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT.
    AS FOR AFGHANSITAN AMERICA DOESNT LOVE IT AMERICA IS JUST MAKING IT AS A PORT FOR IRAN AND PAKISTAN.
    AT THE END FOR YOUR INFORMATION
    go to you tube and just type pakistan defence system stronger than india there you would see that india itself states that paki defence system is 10times stronger than indian.
    WHAT EVER I HAVE SAID DONT MIND IT BUT UNDERSTAND THIS IS PREDICTION AND FACTS.

  19. You are using words like dealt with ..Pls support humanity..Afghanistan state is so bad much worse than your own country cause of your words like dealt with..And the americans too know your true colors…Do you think China will really help you..All are against you ..its not matter of relegion..You are all having 3 rd world mentality..very bad..if you dont improve you are all going to be history and now it is the aemricans who are going to deal with you for that Haqani attack..yOU Need power right..By fooling people that you are a islamic country..etc..So have it now.. Let afghanistan grow. by literacy, education ,etc rather than sitting in some taliban training center

  20. No refugee is executed in pakistan. I repeat if the leaders of afghanistan become the slave of RUSSIA OR USA then they will be dealt with why iran and pak are doing this it is not for the intrest of afghan it is in intrest of themselves because iran and pakistan are sharing huge quantity of border with afghansitan. If america got the control of afghansitan then everybody knows it will attack iran and pakistan.
    you people allowed usa to have attacked afghanistan but we pakistanis and iranis are not gonna let this happenl.
    you people also know the america’s sexual harresments in afghanistan.
    I HOPE YOU PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY YOUR SELVES AND WHEN YOU DO THIS NO ONE NO COUNTRY IS GONNA MEDDLE IN YOUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
    UNFORTUNATELY MANY LEADERS OF AFGHANISTAN ARE NOT THINKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN BUT THEY THINK FOR THEIR PERSOANL INTRESTS,

  21. My Dear Friends,

    We Afghan had 3 losses in the History and now we are saying that those who Died for our country were our Heros.

    Remember

    Shaheed Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan
    Shaheed Dr. Najeebullah
    Shaheed Ahmad Shah Massood

    They were the people who wanted to take Afghanistan to bright future but Pakistan and Iran never let them to do so,

    Now President Hamid Karzi is the Person who realy want to make a bright future for Afghan People lets help him.

    He has done many things for us, but we should now understan that still It is Pakistan and Iran who don’t let him work for us by deffrent ways sending socide attaker, executing our refugees there etc.

    Let Pray for best of Afghanistan

  22. name the wars which we lost.
    if 1965 we beat india we entered the delhi.
    1971 No loss.
    Cargal India was beaten like hell.
    if you dont agree go to youtube and see it yourself.
    about bangladesh that was our own decision.
    Bangali wanted a separate land and we gave them.
    YOU SAID PAKISTAN DIDNT LEARN.
    SO MY FRIEND LET ME TELL U THIS AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE STORY
    GO TO YOUTUBE AND TYPE pakistan’s defence system 10 times stronger than india. in this report you will also see that india has accepted the fact that pakistan’s defence system is stronger than india. You said we are losers and we rose to become a nuclear power.
    najibullah said i will hit Islamabad from kabul and see what he got.
    about dollars its pretty simple IN PAKISTAN WE ARE LOOTING USA REGARDING MONEY AND IN AFG WE ARE KICKING AMERICA OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
    I URGE TO ALL AFGHAN BROTHERS TO REJOIN TOGETHER AS U PEOPLE DID AGAINST RUSSIA AND TELL USA TO LEAVE YOU ALONE BELIVE ME WHEN U PEOPLE ARE JOINED IN A FORCE JUST IN A MONTH AMERICA WILL BE LEAVING AFG BUT IF YOU ACCEPT THE SLAVERY AND LOVE THE DOLLARS THEN YOU CAN NOT GET A WAY WITH IT.
    Iran is the best friend of pak why because he knows our motto iran was a friend of afg before and not now why because you people are welcoming america in your homes.
    i dont mean to threat you people i dont want to argue but you gotta understand about the nature of afg and wars.
    as muslims we respect you but you people must understand the deep politics of pakistan and belive me it is in favour of afg as well.

  23. Pakistan or Pakistanis never learn a lesson, without american dollars they would not have survived or had a chance against the soviets, lost 4 wars to india, lost half its country in 1971 and still they never learn, wht to say their religion is like that

  24. May Allah bls him and all I want to say
    That he was a good man and the words he
    Said always it becom true
    These khaenen of Afg like Gulbudin masod
    Dostam rabane sayaf will never evar go to
    Janah enshallah and I don’t know where is
    His rest of familey
    May Allah help them

  25. HE WHO TRIES TO MAKE CONSPIRICY AGAINST PAKISTAN AND WILL USE BAD WORDS FOR PAKISTAN WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE.
    REMEMBER IT WAS PAKISTAN WHO SUPPORTED AFGHANISTAN AGAINST RUSSIA
    PAKISTANI ARMY MADE RUSSIA LEAVE AFG.
    YOU ALL PEOPLE ARE USING BAD WORDS FOR YOUR GOVT BEFORE THAT LOOK AT YOUR SELF. WHAT ARE U DOING NOTHING BUT SLAVES OF AMERICA.
    PAKISTAN HAS ALREADY MADE INDIA BOW TO US.
    WE DONT WANT WAR WITH U AS A MUSLIM WE RESPECT U BUT IF U BEHAVE LIKE NAJIBULLAH.
    WELL
    YOU WILL BE DEALT WITH……

  26. Dr Najeebullah was my favourite political leader.He is brave leader of Afghanistan.I like it very much.It was a job of every Afghani to pray for dr najeeb. THANKS
    God Bless Him.

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  28. well about Najibullah he was the best prisedent of hestory of Afghanistan in the time of Najibullah Afghanistan was a free country but now not any more

    Najibullah the best prisedent of Afghanistan i love hem and all afghani

  29. These People whom are fighting against Taliban today Mr. Hamid Karzai and all his partners, they were fighting against Dr. Najibullah Yesterday. and now today they face the same condition s today. Meanwhile people mostly say bad words against communist regime. we all know they didn’t do well for we all afghans but at least they were better then this current leaders at least up to now we don’t see anything left under their names. See the current leaders doing a direct business over the people. Mr. Karzai is himself the partner of Kabul bank along with Marshal Lawda Fahim.

  30. Hi Pakistan Saudi Arabia America these are the people by the hands of whom our Beloved Dr Najeeb was Martyred i think we have know to fight against them thats all
    Becaseu we have never be a man like him ever in our Life in Greater Pakhtoonistan

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  32. i dont know why god dont want to save this kind of pple he was better then all leaders now i am 25 years old i study about him much storys i had got evrythings that he was the best and pakistan amarica also our dogs leadrs like SAYAF , RABANI .MASOOD.HEKMATYAR. they sign the plant that amarica send to ISI and ISI approved by those dunky leader of afganistan but i dont know how to show that approvel to whom bez no one to ask about him i have the approvel that those dogs leader have sign to kill Dr najibullah shaheed aryan000009@yahoo.com

  33. it was gift of pakistan and USA By Taliban to poor Afghanistan no good no good no good love you Dr Najibullah For ever

  34. Stalinism failed in Afghanistan. The regime of the People’s Democratic Party was not socialist and not democratic.

    The party was divided between revolutionary Stalinists ( Khalq ) and reformist Stalinists ( Parcham ). In the end the reformists won.

    Many people in Afghanistan hated the Stalinists, because they were anti-Islamic, secular and progressive. But for many young woman in Kabul, the Stalinists were the first who liberated them form Islamic laws.

    The Stalinists lost the civil war in 1992 and Afghanistan became a destroyed nation. The moderate Mujaheddin soon started to fight with the radical Taliban. By 1996 the Taliban created the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and controlled 2/3 of the nation. They remained in power until 2001.

  35. See his other side. He was an Russian puppit, a downright traitor and a communist. He did go so long in commiting atrocities against Islamic laws. He murdered so many muslim Afgan scholars and was playing in the hands of cmmunists, so he readed his destiny.

  36. DR.Najeebullah was a great personality.
    His death is a big loss for all afghanistan, i dont know what should i tell about i love him he was a great person between the presidents till now, he done a lots of thing for afghanistan, if he was alife now we will be not in this situation, long life afghanistan.
    each of us can become like Dr. Najeeb, not like him but we can follow his directions, and we can fulfill his whishes, that he had in mind for afghanistan.

    (love you all)

  37. well, let’s just face the reality .., it was Pakistan and America that felt the threath cause this man (Dr Najeebullah) knew their dirty games and did not let them play it.. so the Pakie Sauoondi and theire pimp U.S used the dump mullahs to kill him.but soon it will be all sorted out………. LOVE YOU AlWAYS.. Mr. President Najeebullah & RIP

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  39. what they will answer to god
    who hav killed beloved najeebullah

    they will go to hell
    inshallah

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  41. dera friends,every body knows wats going on ,there,its all big plane,these ppl,are trained by athers they want to finish afgha,he was da one ,intelgent,president,nd knows these planing,as today in afgh.y today us,english,there,he do`ny want them,so 1st he been removed then ,,,its happening,one allah will break these ppl neck,inshallah

  42. Allaah will never leave these mens and will sk why did you people kill my preacher and who told you to kill the men in such a way and then behave hium,like that.

    Pity on these Muslims!

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  44. Hi to all men, i am Akkkmad and i am fram egapt. This men was very cool, my dad met him wen hiz car brocke downe out my house. I no think thet he shuld haf bin kos by the taliban. i cry day aftar day when i hurd he die. This man my hero. mohammad mohammad durka durka akkkkkbar!

  45. Hi to all who will reading my comment my name is omaid iam from best counrty Afghanistan.
    Dr Najeenallah president of Afghanistan was good he was a good political man he was the oen After Zahir Shah president of Afgahnistan i mean he was a great man i loved him and i allways love hem is not death if he so but hes name hes parsonality and all his work is alive .
    if you say what he did for Afghanistan on that time he did alot on his time all valige city Kandahar, Loghar, panchir, jalalabad and mony more city was so bad fighting betwwen mojahhedin against afghaistan so iam just saying united steted of america should look for people who killed Dr najeeb they are so important then asama

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