Abdullah Abdullah

Abdullah Abdullah is a candidate in the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election. He fought against the soviets with Ahmad Shah Massoud, became spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense and Deputy of Minister of Foreign Affairs 1992-1996, then caretaker of the Foreign Ministry in the government in exile, 1999-2001. He served as Foreign Minister until 2006.

He was born in Kandahar Province.

He has a degree in medicine from Kabul University and is an opthalmologist. He speaks Dari, Pashto, English,  Arabic and French.

Election
Abdullah is the strongest challenger against the incumbent, Hamid Karzai.