Pir Sayyid Ahmed Gailani (Persian: پیر سید احمد گیلانی 1932– 20 January 2017), was the leader (Pir) of the Qadiriyyah Sufi order in Afghanistan, and the founder of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (Mahaz-i-Milli Islami ye Afghanistan), a party that was associated with the Mujahideen who led the war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
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1932 Surkh-Rōd District, Nangarhar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
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20 January 2017 (aged 84) Kabul, Afghanistan
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