2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
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See also: | Other events of 2021 List of years in Afghanistan |
The year 2021 in Afghanistan was marked by a major offensive from the Taliban beginning in May and the Taliban capturing Kabul in August.
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President | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Ashraf Ghani | 29 September 2014 – 15 August 2021 | ||||
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Vice President | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
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Speaker of the House of the People | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Mir Rahman Rahmani | 29 June 2019 – 15 August 2021 | ||||
Speaker of the House of Elders | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Fazel Hadi Muslimyar | 29 January 2011 – 15 August 2021 | ||||
Chief Justice | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Sayed Yousuf Halim | October 2014 | – 15 August 2021||||
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Abdul Hakim Haqqani | 15 August 2021 – present | |||||
Supreme Leader | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Hibatullah Akhundzada | 15 August 2021 – present | ||||
Acting Prime Minister | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Hasan Akhund | 7 September 2021 – present | ||||
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Deputy Leader | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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15 August 2021 – present | |||
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Acting Deputy Prime Minister | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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7 September 2021 – present |
Gunmen have killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, two government sources have told the Reuters news agency.