1976 – Is involved in armed resistance against the government of Saddam Hussein. 1998 – Talabani and rival Kurdish Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani sign a peace agreement that provides ...

According to Pira, a core demand of the KDP is a unified political framework encompassing a single parliament, a single ...

Bush landed at Baghdad International Airport on Sunday and traveled by helicopter to meet with President Jalal Talabani and his two vice presidents at Talabani's palace outside the Green Zone.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's health is "completely normal and stable", his office said on Monday, a day after he was flown to a Jordanian hospital because of low blood pressure. "The initial ...

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PM at the PUK's Political Bureau in Erbil, focusing on finalizing agreements for the formation of the 10th KRG cabinet.

1947 – At age 14, joins the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP). 1951 – Member of the KDP’s Central Committee. June 1975 – Leaves the KDP to found the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), an ...