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Farida Kuchi
Farida Kuchi ( ps, فریده کوچي) is a politician from Afghanistan's nomadic Kuchi tribe. Kuchi has described being married at approximately seven years of age, and bearing her first child at approximately twelve years old. She is illiterate, and doesn't know her exact age. Gall described Kuchi as standing just four foot six inches tall, and how her face and hands were covered in traditional tattoos. In an August 2005 interview with Carlotta Gall, of ''The New York Times'' '', Farida described losing her husband and some of her children, and all her family's livestock, and ending up in an impromptu refugee camp outside of Mazari Sharif.'' She described her struggle to deliver a petition requesting aid for her and 1000 other nomads stranded in an impromptu refugee to then Governor of Balkh Province Noorullah Noori as her first political act. In 2005 and 2010 she was a candidate for Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its national legislature. Ten seats were set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkh Province
Balkh (Dari: , ''Balx'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country. It is divided into 15 districts and has a population of about 1,509,183, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a Persian-speaking society. The city of Mazar-i-Sharif serves as the capital of the province. The Mazar-e Sharif International Airport and Camp Marmal sit on the eastern edge of Mazar-i-Sharif. Balkh, also called VazīrābādThename of the province is derived from the ancient city of Balkh, near the modern town. The city of Mazar-e-Sharif has been an important stop on the trade routes from the Far East to the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Europe. Home to the famous blue mosque, it was once destroyed by Genghis Khan but later rebuilt by Timur. The city of Balkh and the area of Balkh Province were considered a part of various historical regions in history including Ariana and Greater Khorasan. The province serves today as Afghanistan's second but main gateway to Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telegraph (UK)
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21st-century Afghan Politicians
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pashtun Women Politicians
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically referred to as Afghans () or xbc, αβγανο () until the 1970s, when the term's meaning officially evolved into that of a demonym for all residents of Afghanistan, including those outside of the Pashtun ethnicity. The group's native language is Pashto, an Iranian language in the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Additionally, Dari Persian serves as the second language of Pashtuns in Afghanistan while those in the Indian subcontinent speak Urdu and Hindi (see Hindustani language) as their second language. Pashtuns are the 26th-largest ethnic group in the world, and the largest segmentary lineage society; there are an estimated 350–400 Pashtun tribes and clans with a variety of origin theories. The total popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Births
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Living People
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Meshrano Jirga
The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga ( ps, د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the lower House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). It was effectively dissolved when the Taliban seized power on 15 August 2021. The Taliban did not include the House of Elders and several other agencies of the former government in its first national budget in May 2022. Government spokesman Innamullah Samangani said that due to the financial crisis, only active agencies were included in the budget, and the excluded ones had been dissolved, but noted they could be brought back "if needed". The House of Elders primarily had an advisory role rather than a maker of law. However, it does have some veto power. The House of Elders has 102 members. One-third (34) were elected by district councils (one per province) for three-year terms, one-third (34) by provincial councils (one per province) for four-year terms, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamida Ahmadzai
Hamida is an Arabic given name that means praiseworthy, and it is the feminine form of the name Hamid. In Azerbaijani it becomes Həmidə. It may refer to: People * DJ Hamida, Moroccan DJ and record producer based in France Given name * Hamida Addèche (born 1932), French long-distance runner *Hamida al-Attas (born 1934), the mother of Osama bin Laden *Hamida Banu Begum (1527–1604), wife of the second Mughal Emperor, Humayun, and the mother of Mughal Emperor, Akbar *Hamida Banu Shova, founder and chairperson of Queens University, Bangladesh *Hamida Barmaki (1970–2011) Afghan law professor and human rights activist *Hamida Djandoubi (1949–1977), the last person to be guillotined in France, at Baumettes Prison in Marseille * Hamida Ghafour, Canadian journalist and author of Afghan origin *Hamida Habibullah (1916–2018), Indian parliamentarian, educationist and social worker * Hamida Al-Habsi (born 1987), Omani shot putter and discus thrower *Hamida Javanshir (1873–1955), Aze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghan Elections
This article gives information on elections in Afghanistan. Though Afghanistan has had democratic elections throughout the 20th century, the electoral institutions have varied as changes in the political regime have disrupted political continuity. Elections were last held under the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which was deposed by the Taliban in August 2021. The Taliban dissolved the Elections Commission in December 2021. In May 2022, when asked if the Taliban would hold elections, First Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani said the question was "premature". Kingdom of Afghanistan 1949 In 1949, Afghan Prime Minister Shah Mahmud allowed relatively free national assembly elections, and the resulting seventh Afghan Parliament (1949–1951), which has become known as the "Liberal Parliament", gave voice to criticism of the government and traditional institutions, allowed opposition political groups to come to life, and enacted some liberal reforms, including laws providing for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parween Durani
Parveen or Parvin or Perveen or Pervin or Parween is a Persian-origin name meaning Pleiades. People Females *Parvin Ahmadinejad (born 1962), Iranian politician *Parvin Ardalan (born 1967), Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist * Parveen Babi (1954 –2005), Indian actress * Pervin Buldan (born 1967), Turkish politician * Parvin Darabi (born 1941), Iranian born American activist, writer and defender of women's rights *Parvin Dowlatabadi (1924–2008), Iranian children's author and poet *Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Iranian poet *Parween Hayat, Pakistani politician *Shama Parveen Magsi (born 1950), politician from Balochistan province of Pakistan *Pervin Özdemir (born 1951), Turkish ceramic artist * Selina Parvin (1931–1971), Bangladeshi journalist *Parween Pazhwak (born 1967), Afghan artist and poet and writer in the Persian language *Parveen Shakir (1952–1994) Pakistani Urdu poet, teacher and civil servant *Parvin Soleimani (1922–2009), Iranian actress of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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