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Sitara Achakzai

1957 - 2009

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Sitara Achakzai (also transliterated Achaksai) (1956/1957 – 12 April 2009) was a leading Afghan women's rights activist and a member of the regional parliament in Kandahar. She was assassinated by the Taliban. Achakzai is a name shared by one of the sub-tribes of Durrani clan, part of the Pashtun people, one of the largest ethnic groups of Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sitara Achakzai has received more than 21,045 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sitara Achakzai is the 17,706th most popular politician, the 140th most popular biography from Afghanistan and the 99th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sitara Achakzai ranks 17,706 out of 19,576Before her are Michelle Lujan Grisham, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Elina Valtonen, Violeta Bermúdez, Mike Crapo, and Kapil Sibal. After her are Serhiy Arbuzov, Johnny Isakson, Mark Warner, Betty Boothroyd, Leon Brittan, and Frank Lautenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Sitara Achakzai ranks 611Before her are Bill Cartwright, Wendy Freedman, Fabio Dal Zotto, Payne Stewart, Viktor Gavrikov, and Callie Khouri. After her are Russell Simmons, Nasser Shabani, Amy Aquino, Olga Slavnikova, Beat Breu, and Fathi Hassan. Among people deceased in 2009, Sitara Achakzai ranks 394Before her are Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Vladimir Turchinsky, Philip Carey, Arnold Stang, and Billy Mays. After her are Vic Crowe, Johnny Kerr, Vishnuvardhan, William Safire, Wendy Richard, and Jane Randolph.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Sitara Achakzai ranks 140 out of 177Before her are Nadia Nadim (1988), Dadullah (1966), Suhail Shaheen (null), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Zablon Simintov (1960), and Abdul Rahman (1965). After her are Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Islam Bibi (1974), Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), Malalai Kakar (1967), Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), and Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Sitara Achakzai ranks 99Before her are Ahmad Massoud (1989), Agathokleia (-200), Ali Shah Durrani (1800), Dadullah (1966), Suhail Shaheen (null), and Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970). After her are Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Kakar (1967), Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), and Malalai Joya (1978).