Revolutionary Council (Afghanistan) purge of the government. In June 1981 the Revolutionary Council with the Central Committee was again expanded, with now including fifteen more members. At this meeting Nur was appointed President of the Council and Sultan Ali Keshtmand became the new Prime Minister of Afghanistan. In November 1986, Karmal resigned his post as President of the Council and left the new post open to former KHAD leader Mohammad Najibullah. Before Najibullah rose to power Sultan Ali Keshtmand was acting president of Afghanistan and the council. Under Najibullah's sought a ceasefire between Mujahideen and government forces, he called this process National Reconciliation.
Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi since the 1990s. He served with peacekeeping missions in Somalia and Kosovo. During the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's intervention in the Yemeni civil war, Al-Kitbi took part in Operation "Restoring Hope" and was involved in the fighting to capture the city of Taiz, in southern Yemen. He was killed in a rocket attack by Houthi rebels on Monday, 14 December 2015, near Taiz along with Saudi Arabian colonel Abdullah al-Sahian. His body was later returned to the UAE. Al-Kitbi had seven children. His brother is a former member of the Federal National Council. Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi Sultan Mohammed Ali al-Kitbi