Abdul Majid Zabuli
Abdul Majid Zabuli (
August 14,
1896 -
November 23,
1998) was the founder of
Afghanistan's banking system. Zabuli founded the Ashami company in 1932, and it eventually developed into the Afghan National Bank (Bank-i-Milli Afghanistan). Up until the 1990s the Afghan National Bank had seven branches in Kabul, and ten in other provinces. It also had offices in such countries as
Pakistan,
Germany,
England, and the
United States. He also founded the Da Afghanistan Bank, and the Industrial Bank.