Dr, Sima Samar biography Samar was born in Jaghori, Ghazni, Afghanistan, on 4 February 1957. She obtained her degree in medicine in February 1982 from Kabul University, the first Hazara woman to do so. She practiced medicine at a government hospital in Kabul, but after a few months was forced to flee for her safety to her native Jaghoori, where she provided medical treatment to [...]
AFGHANISTAN FAMOUS HISTORICAL PLACES
Dr. Ramazan Bashardost is Afghanistan’s former Planning Minister, current Member of Parliament and an
* Independent Candidate in the upcoming Presidential Elections. Early years
* Ramzan Bashardost was born in 1965 in Qarabagh District, Ghazni Province of Afghanistan in a family of
* Government employees. He completed his primary and intermediate education in Qarabagh and later in
* Maimana, capital of Fariyab in northern Afghanistan. Months after the 1978 coup d’etat, Bashardost left
* Afghanistan for Iran. He finished high school in Iran and then immigrated to Pakistan.
* In 1983, he left Pakistan for France where he spent over 20 years, earning degrees in law and political
* science. In 1989 he enrolled at Garonable University where he did his Masters in Law. More....
* Independent Candidate in the upcoming Presidential Elections. Early years
* Ramzan Bashardost was born in 1965 in Qarabagh District, Ghazni Province of Afghanistan in a family of
* Government employees. He completed his primary and intermediate education in Qarabagh and later in
* Maimana, capital of Fariyab in northern Afghanistan. Months after the 1978 coup d’etat, Bashardost left
* Afghanistan for Iran. He finished high school in Iran and then immigrated to Pakistan.
* In 1983, he left Pakistan for France where he spent over 20 years, earning degrees in law and political
* science. In 1989 he enrolled at Garonable University where he did his Masters in Law. More....
Faiz Mohammed Hazara (1862/63–1929) was a Hazara historian, writer and intellectual, among the renowned
* group of Afghans seeking social and political changes in the country at the beginning of the 20th century.
* He was a member of what became known as Junbish-i Mashrutyat or The Constitutionalist Movement.
* Faiz Mohammed was the son of Sa'eed Mohammed Hazara of Ghazni province. He is perhaps best known
* for his five-volume history of Afghanistan, Sarajul Tawarikh, which provides one of the best references on
* nineteenth-century Afghan history. The book was written by the encouragement of the court of
* Habibullah Khan. He was a court clerk, initially, thus the title of Kateb( clerk) in his name.
* Faiz Mohammed was also the biographer of the Amir. More....
* group of Afghans seeking social and political changes in the country at the beginning of the 20th century.
* He was a member of what became known as Junbish-i Mashrutyat or The Constitutionalist Movement.
* Faiz Mohammed was the son of Sa'eed Mohammed Hazara of Ghazni province. He is perhaps best known
* for his five-volume history of Afghanistan, Sarajul Tawarikh, which provides one of the best references on
* nineteenth-century Afghan history. The book was written by the encouragement of the court of
* Habibullah Khan. He was a court clerk, initially, thus the title of Kateb( clerk) in his name.
* Faiz Mohammed was also the biographer of the Amir. More....
Abdul Ali Mazari was the head and co-founder of Hezbi Wahdat. Hezbi Wahdat, is a Shia' political party
* that was formed from a coalition of several political parties after the Soviet withdrawal. The government
* of Iran is believed to have played a key role in its formation. Mazari considered his organization as one
* of the three main groups who played a key role in defeating the communist regime lead by Dr. Najibullah.
* Mazari was born in 1946, in the village of Nanwai, Charkent District, Balkh Province. He studied in
* private religious schools in Mazar-i-Shariff, Qum (Iran), and Najaf (Iraq). After the Soviet invasion of
* Afghanistan in 1979, Mazari founded the Nasr Party. When Wahdat was formed from the merger
* of nine Shia' factions, Mazari became the leader. More....
* that was formed from a coalition of several political parties after the Soviet withdrawal. The government
* of Iran is believed to have played a key role in its formation. Mazari considered his organization as one
* of the three main groups who played a key role in defeating the communist regime lead by Dr. Najibullah.
* Mazari was born in 1946, in the village of Nanwai, Charkent District, Balkh Province. He studied in
* private religious schools in Mazar-i-Shariff, Qum (Iran), and Najaf (Iraq). After the Soviet invasion of
* Afghanistan in 1979, Mazari founded the Nasr Party. When Wahdat was formed from the merger
* of nine Shia' factions, Mazari became the leader. More....
Biography: A multi talented Artist, Dawood Sarkhosh was born in 1971 in the province of Urozgan in Central
* Afghanistan . He started to compose poetry at the age of 9 and play Dumbura and to sing at the age of 17.
* He studied the Hazaragi Danbura for a short period with the help of his elder brother Sarwar Sarkhosh,
* and studied Hamoonia/Accordion under the Pakistani composer the late Arbab Ali Khan – from the province
* of Sind . At a time when Afghan music had fallen into obscurity under the despotism of fundamentalists.
* USarkhosh revived the art by creating songs inspired by a sense of nationalism and suffering in exile.
* His songs were not commercial, they were artistic reflection of the nostalgia and the bitter taste of
* refugee life experienced by millions of Afghan refugees throughout the world. More....
* Afghanistan . He started to compose poetry at the age of 9 and play Dumbura and to sing at the age of 17.
* He studied the Hazaragi Danbura for a short period with the help of his elder brother Sarwar Sarkhosh,
* and studied Hamoonia/Accordion under the Pakistani composer the late Arbab Ali Khan – from the province
* of Sind . At a time when Afghan music had fallen into obscurity under the despotism of fundamentalists.
* USarkhosh revived the art by creating songs inspired by a sense of nationalism and suffering in exile.
* His songs were not commercial, they were artistic reflection of the nostalgia and the bitter taste of
* refugee life experienced by millions of Afghan refugees throughout the world. More....
Mohaqiq is the head and founder of the Wahdat-e-Mardum Afghanistan political party. He is currently
* a member of the Afghan parliament (Wolesi Jirga). Mohaqiq was also a vital member of the Islamic Unity
* Party (Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami), headed by Abdul Karim Khalili. He also served as Planning Minister in
* the transitional government until he was allegedly fired in March 2004. Mohaqiq claims he was fired after
* announcing that he would be running in the 2004 presidential elections against Hamid Karzai, however,
* Karzai's spokesman denied he was fired and claimed Mohaqiq quit after a dispute with the Finance
* Minister (Ashraf Ghani). Mohaqiq stated that Karzai's administration was ethnically biased, and that
* there are attempts to sideline former Mujahideen members from the government. More....
* a member of the Afghan parliament (Wolesi Jirga). Mohaqiq was also a vital member of the Islamic Unity
* Party (Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami), headed by Abdul Karim Khalili. He also served as Planning Minister in
* the transitional government until he was allegedly fired in March 2004. Mohaqiq claims he was fired after
* announcing that he would be running in the 2004 presidential elections against Hamid Karzai, however,
* Karzai's spokesman denied he was fired and claimed Mohaqiq quit after a dispute with the Finance
* Minister (Ashraf Ghani). Mohaqiq stated that Karzai's administration was ethnically biased, and that
* there are attempts to sideline former Mujahideen members from the government. More....
Short Biography of Dr. Sima Samar: Samar was born in Jaghori, Ghazni, Afghanistan, on 4 February 1957.
* She obtained her degree in medicine in February1982 from Kabul University,the first Hazara woman to do so
* She practiced medicine at a government hospital in Kabul, but after a few months was forced to flee for her
* safety to her native Jaghoori,where she provided medical treatment to patients throughout the remote areas
* of central Afghanistan. In 1984, the communist regime arrested her husband, and Samar and her young son
* fled to the safety of nearby Pakistan. She then worked as a doctor at the refugee branch of the
* Mission Hospital. Distressed by the total lack of health care facilities for Afghan refugee women,
* she established in 1989 the Shuhada Organization and Shuhada Clinic in Quetta, Pakistan. More....
* She obtained her degree in medicine in February1982 from Kabul University,the first Hazara woman to do so
* She practiced medicine at a government hospital in Kabul, but after a few months was forced to flee for her
* safety to her native Jaghoori,where she provided medical treatment to patients throughout the remote areas
* of central Afghanistan. In 1984, the communist regime arrested her husband, and Samar and her young son
* fled to the safety of nearby Pakistan. She then worked as a doctor at the refugee branch of the
* Mission Hospital. Distressed by the total lack of health care facilities for Afghan refugee women,
* she established in 1989 the Shuhada Organization and Shuhada Clinic in Quetta, Pakistan. More....
Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq
Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq Mohaqiq is the head and founder of the Wahdat-e-Mardum Afghanistan political party. He is currently a member of the Afghan parliament (Wolesi Jirga). Mohaqiq was also a vital member of the Islamic Unity Party (Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami), headed by Abdul Karim Khalili. He also served as Planning Minister in the transitional government [...]
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- September 19th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
Biography of Dawood Sarkhosh
Biography A multi talented Artist, Dawood Sarkhosh was born in 1971 in the province ofUrozgan in Central Afghanistan . He started to compose poetry at the age of 9 and play Dumbura and to sing at the age of 17. He studied the Hazaragi Danbura for a short period with the help of his elder brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, and studied [...]
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- September 19th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
Afghanistan Parliamentary Elections
Afghanistan Parliamentary Elections: 18 September 2010 Afghanistan’s Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held on 18 September 2010 to elect 249 lawmakers for the Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga). The Afghan Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is responsible for administering the election, and the five-member Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) will adjudicate. There are two UN-appointed [...]
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- September 18th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
Refugee in Greece
Greece, flooded by refugees, under fire for asylum policies The UN refugee agency last week harshly criticized Athens for poor treatment of asylum seekers – a majority of whom are from Iraq and Afghanistan. PATRAS, Greece A squalid squatter camp on the outskirts of this port city stands as a stark symbol of Greece’s broken [...]
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- September 13th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
Ramazan Bashardost
Ramazan Bashardost Dr. Ramazan Bashardost is Afghanistan’s former Planning Minister, current Member of Parliament and an Independent Candidate in the upcoming Presidential Elections. Early years Ramzan Bashardost was born in 1965 in Qarabagh District, Ghazni Province of Afghanistan in a family of Government employees. He completed his primary and intermediate education in Qarabagh and later [...]
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- September 13th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
Ahmad Zahir Biography
Ahmad Zahir Biography A celebrity of enduring popularity almost three decades after his death, Ahmad Zahir is considered as a legend and an icon of Afghan music. Born on June 14, 1946, he was the son of late Dr. Abdul Zahir (born 1910, in Laghman), who was an influential Afghan politician and a one time [...]
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- September 13th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
Mazari Quotes
Mazari Quotes “Our only wish for our people is that being Hazara should no longer be a crime” “I wish I had not been alive to see the Afshar tragedy.”
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- September 12th, 2010 by Abdolahad Sallehi
