Ahmad Behzad ( prs, احمد بهزاد) is an ethnic
Hazara politician and former representative of the people of
Herat province
Herat ( Persian: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north-western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region of Afghanistan. Its primary city a ...
in the fifteenth and sixteenth parliamentary sessions of the
Afghanistan Parliament.
Early life
Ahmad Behzad was forced to leave Afghanistan and moved to Iran during the
war with the Talibans. During his stay in Iran, he worked illegally and in bad conditions. When he returned to Afghanistan, he started to work as a journalist for ''
Radio Azadi
Radio Azadi (formerly Radio Free Afghanistan) is the Afghan branch of the U.S. government's Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) external broadcast services. It broadcasts 12 hours daily as part of a 24-hour stream of programming in co ...
''. Ahmad Behzad was instrumental in the progress of the Personal Status Law for Shi’ite Muslims in Afghanistan, the Media Code, and the Law for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Ahmad Behzad is pro US intervention in Afghanistan, and fears a civil war or the return of the Talibans if the US armed forces left the country. He however condemned the photos taken by US soldiers with dead Afghan bodies on the war field. He is proactive in promoting women's rights and standing up against conservative religious parties.
[Emma Graham-Harrison]
Afghan clerics' guidelines 'a green light for Talibanisation'
''Theguardian.com'', 5 March 2012
See also
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List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
References
Hazara politicians
Afghan politicians
Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan)
Living people
1974 births
People from Herat Province
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