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Rasul Amin
Rasul Amin ( ps, رسول امين ; 10 May 1939 – 31 October 2009) was an Afghan politician, lexicographer, academic, writer, and former education minister, who resettled in Melbourne, Australia, in the 2000s. Early life and academic life Rasul Amin was born on 10 May 1939 in a cultural diverse area, Wata Pur District of eastern Kunar Province. Rasul Amin was son of a khan of the Amin tribe. His mother, Hera Amin was also from Watapore District from Nanikhel tribe). He was a great nephew of Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan. He was raised as an orphan, because his mother died when he was 5 years old. His father, Amin Khan participated in the uprising with the leading attorney general, Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan in 1947. Due to the bad government he was forced to depart with Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan to Herat and Mazar-e Sharif. Rasul completed his primary education in Kunar. In 1955, he went to Peshawar, Pakistan, where he wanted to desire further more studies and gather his English and Urdu langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wata Pur District
Watapur District is situated in the central part of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. It was split from Asadabad district. The district is mountainous with 60 large and small villages. The population is around 60,000 (2022 est.). Degan, Safi, Ragakhel, Sharbekhel, Nanekhel, Doshakhel, Kohestani, Saidan are the few tribes living in this beautiful place. Watapur District has a high school located in south part of the district. The villages are located in the valleys or in the high mountains, with difficult or no road access to the center - Asadabad, and it takes one day to reach some of them. There was a medical clinic north of Qatar Kala, built by ISAF, until it was destroyed by local militants. The district is bisected by the Pech (east-west) and Tregami (north-south) rivers. The district capital, the village of Watapur, lies near the junction of these two rivers. The Tregami valley is broad and agricultural in the south and narrow and mountainous in the north. Most of the inhab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
