Sayed Yousuf Mirranay (Pashto: سيد يوسف ميړنی), was an Afghan political figure and writer. A prominent member of the Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat), he was born in 1947 (1326 Hijra) in the Khogiani district of the Nangarhar province at the foothills of the Spin Ghar Mountains. His father Haji Sayed Jalal belonged to a known family of the Ahmad Khil village in eastern Afghanistan. His vision was the creation of a united, prosperous and a democratically elected government in Afghanistan. He wanted to eradicate division among different class groups and ethnicities. He fought for political freedom and social justice. After the 1978 Saur Revolution, also called the April Revolution or April Coup, Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and most of his family were killed at the presidential palace. In August 1978 Mirranay was also arrested under the communist regime, and was never to be seen again.
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1979 (aged ) Missing, Afghanistan
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