Syed Ishay Ghalani

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Syed Ishay Ghalani is chairman of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan and the first announced presidential candidate for the Afghan general election expected to be held June 2004.[1][2]

Ghalani, a renowned politician and a veteran journalist, lived in Peshawar, Pakistan, for several years after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in 1996.

During testimony at Kako Kandahari's Combatant Status Review Tribunal Haji Ghalib testified that he had traveled to Persian Gulf during the Gulf War, under the leadership of an individual named Said Ghalani, to join the coalition opposing Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.[3] He testified Ghalani was leading a group of Afghan mujahideen called the Mahazamili.

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  1. ^ Afghan Political Party Announces Selected Candidate to Compete in Presidential Elections, Election Guide, June 25, 2003
  2. ^ First Presidential Candidate for Afghan General Election Announced, People's Daily, June 23, 2003
  3. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Kako Kandahari's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 62-73
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