Islamic Political Leaders

• Faizani, Maulana Muhammad Attaullah, Sufi pir and Muslim activist, arrested in 1973
• Gailani, Sayyid Ahmad, descendant of Sufi pir and leader of Mahaz-i Milli Islami Afghanistan
• Ghafur, Haji Abdul, one of the leaders of the original Pech Uprising in 1978
• Haqqani, Maulavi Jalaluddin, early member of the Muslim Youth Organization and leader of the jihad in Paktia Province
• Hekmatyar, Engineer Gulbuddin, founding member of the Muslim Youth Organization and leader of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan
• Hussain, Maulavi, a.k.a. Jamil-ur-Rahman, early member of the Muslim Youth Organization, leader of the Wahhabi (also known as Panj Piri and Salafi) movement in Kunar
• Khales, Maulavi Yunus, leader of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan
• Khyber, Mir Akbar, leader of the Parcham wing of the (Marxist) People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, assassinated in April 1978
• Massoud, Ahmad Shah, early member of the Muslim Youth Organization, commander in Panjshir Valley, minister of defense after the collapse of the Najibullah regime
• Mujaddidi, Fazl Umar, known as Sher Agha, Hazrat of Shor Bazaar, leader in the movement to oust Amanullah
• Mujaddidi, Muhammad Ibrahim, eldest son of Sher Agha, Hazrat of Shor Bazaar
• Mujaddidi, Sibghatullah, leader of Jabha-yi Nejat-i Milli Afghanistan
• Nabi Muhammadi, Maulavi Muhammad, leader of Harakat-i Inqilabi-yi Islami Afghanistan
• Nasratyar, Saifuddin, founding member of the Muslim Youth Organization
• Niazi, Abdur Rahim, original leader of the Muslim Youth Organization
• Niazi, Ghulam Muhammad, professor at Kabul University and advisor to Muslim Youth Organization leaders
• Rabbani, Burhanuddin, professor at Kabul University and later head of Jamiat-i Islami Afghanistan
• Rahman, Engineer Habib-ur, founding member of the Muslim Youth Organization
• Rahman, Maulavi Habib-ur, founding member of the Muslim Youth Organization
• Rizwani, General Mir Ahmad Shah, follower of Faizani and leading Muslim activist in military during presidency of Daud
• Sayyaf, Abdur Rasul, later Abd al-Rab Rasul Sayyaf, leader of the Ettehad-i Islami bara-yi Azadi-yi Afghanistan
• Waqad, Qazi Muhammad Amin, deputy leader of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar