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| Affiliation | Independent |
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| Name | Shahnawaz Tanai |
| Address |
, , Afghanistan |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1950
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| Died | March 07, 2022
(72 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
May 30, 2023 05:16pm |
| Tags |
Army -
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| Info | Candidate Shahnawaz Tanai is a man Afghans would know as a tough and powerful general in the communist government that ruled the country in the 1980s. Tanai is uncompromising in his views — so much so that he would eventually lead a failed coup because, he says, his government had lost touch with its ideals.
"When Tanai's name is raised, people know that I was a strong and brave commander who fought and worked for his country very honestly," he says. "I was a person who did not misuse government properties. The only income I had was my own salary."
Tanai's history with the Communists could both help him and hurt him. Afghanistan's communist government was brutal, killing thousands of Afghans who weren't ready to give up their religion, their land or their traditional ways.
But it was also a time when women had rights, poor people were educated and the government was viewed as incorruptible.
"People's memories of a government that was honest and decisive makes them support me for these elections," he says. "It's very different that a poor man like me is able to compete with rich men. When I go to the provinces, I usually go and sit with people under trees. ... People tell me that I don't have to give them food for lunch. They say they will bring their own bread, even collect 10 afghanis from each of them so that I'm able to continue the campaign."
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