Sayed Jalal Karim

Said Jalal Karim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.

Academic career Karim started attending Istiqlal High School in 1975 at age six, and graduated in 1977 at age eight. between The Northern Alliance, The Taliban, and Iran. He operates within a network of influence that once included Benazir Bhutto.

Presidential candidacy, 2009 A week before the election, fellow candidate Mawlana Abdul Qadir İmami Ghori withdrew from the race and asked his supporters to vote for Karim instead. During the 2009 Presidential elections, he stood 13th in a field of 38. He polled 500,572 votes.