Mohammad Aslam Watanjar
Former Minister of Defense of Afghanistan
Mohammad Aslam Watanjar was an Afghan general and politician. He played a significant role in the coup in 1978, that killed the Afghan President Mohammad Daoud Khan, starting the Saur Revolution. Watanjar later became a member of the politburo in... Wikipedia
Born: 1946, Paktia, Afghanistan
Died: November 24, 2000 (age 54 years), Odesa, Ukraine
Previous offices: Minister of Defense of Afghanistan (1990–1992), Minister of Internal Affairs of Afghanistan (1988–1990), Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Afghanistan (1980–1988), and more