Nur Ahmed Nur

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Nur Ahmed Nur (نور احمد نور), an Afghan communist, belonging to the Parcham fraction. Nur was one of four PDPA candidates who were elected to the Afghan parliament in 1965. After the overthrow of the Daoud govenment in April 1978, Nur became Minister for Internal Affairs. In July the same year, Nur was removed from his office and sent to Washington as the new Afghan ambassador to the USA.[1]

Nur was a politburo member of PDPA and the Secretary of the Central Committee of the party.[2]