People from Kandahar

Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire (1577-1645)

Hotak ruler of Iran from 1722 to 1725

Afghan ruler and founder of the Hotak dynasty (1673–1715)

Hotak emir of Afghanistan (died 1730)

politician, former President of Afghanistan (1992)

Afghan police officer

Afghan women's rights activist (1957–2009)

Emir of Afghanistan

Emir of Greater Kandahar (died 1717)

Muhgal empress

politician

Afghan singer

Afghan politician

Afghan human rights activist

Afghan communist leader (1946–1986)

Izz-un-Nissa Begum was the third wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. She is popularly known by the title, Akbarabadi Mahal (which probably indicates that she hailed from the city of Akbarabad), and commissioned the Akbarabadi Mosque in Shahjahanabad (present-day Old Delhi). Less commonly, she is also referred to as Sirhindi Begum.

Afghan politician

Taliban official and former governor of Herat

Afghan grand ayatollah

Dr. Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat, born Sadiq Fitrat Habibi (Pashto/Dari: ), known professionally as Nashenas (), is one of the oldest surviving musicians from Afghanistan. His fame began in the late 1950s, and since then he has produced many albums consisting of Pashto, Persian, and Urdu songs. He is known as "the Afghan Saigal".

Afghan politician (1921-1979)

Afghan politician and writer

Hanafi scholar (1893-1975)

Afghan singer

Afghan poet

Afghan poet and politician (1830-1900)

politician in Afghanistan

Afghan saint

governor of Kandahar

Safavid prince

Afghan writer