President Hamid Karzai Name Azizullah Karzai Profession Diplomat | Nationality Afghan Preceded by Zalmai Aziz Role Politician | |
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Azizulah Karzai is a politician in Afghanistan. He is serving as Ambassador to Russia, a position he held since 28 August 2010.
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Early years
Azizulah is originally from southern Afghanistan. He belongs to the Karzai-clan of Pashtuns. He is an uncle of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Before the Taliban government he was Afghan Ambassador to Poland. He is considered the family's expert on tribal maneuvering. During the United States attack on Afghanistan in November 2001, he said: "Tribalism is more dangerous than the Islamic fundamentalism of the Taliban because it runs throughout Pashtun society."
Ambassador
After the fall of the Taliban government Karzai was appointed Afghan Ambassador to the Czech Republic. He later became aid to the Afghan Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Since 2010 he is serving as Afghans Ambassador to Russia.