Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi (22 February 1921 – 16 September 1979) was an

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diplomat and politician. Etemadi was born in

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, Afghanistan. He served as ambassador to Pakistan for the first time from 1964 to 1965. He was appointed

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in 1965 and became

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on 1 November 1967. Due to a failure to improve the stagnating economy, he lost both positions on 9 June 1971 and was named ambassador to

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. Unlike many politicians who were prominent under the rule of

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, Etemadi remained in the government after the 1973 coup in which a republic was established under the rule of

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. Etemadi left Italy and served as ambassador to the

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until 1976. He then had a second stint as ambassador to Pakistan, until the Communist coup of 1978. Etemadi returned to Afghanistan and was arrested by the Communist government. In 1979, along with many other officials in the Zahir Shah and Daud Khan governments, including former prime minister

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, Etemadi was executed.

Resignation

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Executed prime ministers Executed Afghan people 20th-century executions by Afghanistan 1921 births 1979 deaths People from Kandahar Prime ministers of Afghanistan Government ministers of Afghanistan Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Pakistan Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Italy Foreign ministers of Afghanistan Ambassadors of Afghanistan to the Soviet Union {{Afghanistan-bio-stub