Najibullah was an Afghan military official and communist politician who served as the president of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992. A leader of the Banner (Parcham) faction of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), he came to power with Soviet backing during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Najibullah sought to stabilize the war-scarred country through a policy of national reconciliation and oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989.
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