# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shahnawaz-tanai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:36:45.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shahnawaz-tanai"
name: "Shahnawaz Tanai"
slug: "shahnawaz-tanai"
description: "Lieutenant General Shahnawaz Tanai was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the Chief of General Staff of the Afghan Army during the Soviet-Afghan War until his defection to neighbouring Pakistan following a failed coup d'état in 1990."
tagline: "Afghan army commander"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shahnawaz_Tanai_with_444th_Commando_1972%E2%80%9373.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1950"
deathDate: "2022-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.478372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "沙納瓦茲·塔奈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شهنواز تني"
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    title: "شاهناواز تاناى"
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    title: "Shahnawaz Tanai"
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    title: "シャフナワーズ・タナイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "შაჰნავაზ ტანაი"
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    title: "Танай, Шахнаваз"
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    title: "Shahnawaz Tanai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288264"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump