AFGHANISTAN Presidents Mohammad Daud Khan 1909-1978 President 1973-78 Nur Mohammad Taraki 1917-79 President 1978-79 Hafizullah Amin 1929-1979 President 1979 Babrak Karmal 1929-1996 President 1979-86 Haji Mohammad Chamkani President 1986-87 Mohammad Najibullah 1947-1996 President 1987-92 Abdul Rahim Hatef 1926 President 1992 Sibghatullah Mojadedi 1925 President 1992 Burhanuddin Rabbani 1940 President 1992-96 Mullah Mohammad Rabbani 1956-2001 Chairman 1995-96 Mawlawi Abdul Qadir d. 2002 President 2001 Mullah Muhammad Omar 1962 de facto leader 1996-2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani 1940 President 2001 Hamid Karzai 1957 President 2001-