What is Ahmed Gailani?
[[File:Gailani in September 2014.jpg|thumb|Gailani in September 2014]] '''Sayyid Ahmed Gailani''' ({{lang-fa|پیر سید احمد گیلانی}}&lrm;; 1932 &ndash; 20 January 2017) was an [[Afghan]] [[Islamic]] leader and politician. He was the leader (Pir) of the [[Qadiriyya]] [[Sufi]] order in Afghanistah. He was also the founder of the [[National Islamic Front of Afghanistan]]. The party was tied with the [[Mujahideen]] who led the war against the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1980s. He also founded the High Peace Council in 2001. He was born in [[Surkh-Rōd District]], [[Nangarhar Province]]. Gailani died after an illness on 20 January 2017 in [[Kabul]]. He was 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/21/government-says-high-peace-council-chief-dies.html|title=Government says High Peace Council chief dies|work=Fox News|date=21 January 2017|access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gailani, Ahmed}} [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Afghan politicians]] [[Category:Afghan Muslims]] [[Category:Pashtun people]] [[Category:Nangarhar Province]] {{Bio-stub}}