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Suhail Shaheen

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Muhammad Suhail Shaheen (Pashto/Dari: محمد سهیل شاهین, Pashto pronunciation: [mu.wa'mad suˈwel ʃɑ.'jin], Dari pronunciation: [mʊ.wäm.mǽd̪ sʊ.wäjl ʃɑː.jíːn]) is a Taliban member who is currently the head of the Afghan embassy in Qatar and the head of the Political Office in Doha. He edited the English-language, state-owned Afghan newspaper The Kabul Times during the first Taliban regime, before being appointed to Afghanistan's Embassy in Pakistan as a deputy ambassador. The Taliban-led government appointed him as the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations in September 2021, but the UN rejected his appointment to the post. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Suhail Shaheen is the 12,147th most popular politician (up from 17,246th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 136th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Suhail Shaheen ranks 12,147 out of 19,576Before him are Giuseppe Volpi, Beatrice of England, René Goblet, Paul Grüninger, Filippo Turati, and Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo. After him are Ashur-resh-ishi II, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Bahubali, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Ioannis Alevras, and Jaan Poska.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Suhail Shaheen ranks 102 out of 177Before him are Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), and Rabia Balkhi (1000). After him are Mohammed Fahim (1957), Afghan Girl (1972), Qabus (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Abdul Kabir (1958), and Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Suhail Shaheen ranks 70Before him are Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), and Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139). After him are Mohammed Fahim (1957), Qabus (1000), Abdul Kabir (1958), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), and Sima Samar (1957).