Mohammad Nasim Faqiri (محمد نسیم فقیری; born 1958) is an Afghan politician and diplomat. mirror
He has served as a longtime spokesman for
Jamiat-e Islami
Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami; fa, جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان, lit=Islamic Society), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan. It was origi ...
in Afghanistan, and was appointed Secretary General of the organization.
In May 2005, prior to Afghanistan's first post-Taliban elections for its national legislature, the
Wolesi Jirga
The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga ( ps, دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside the upper Hous ...
and Provincial Councils, the
Pak Tribune
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Places
* Pakistan (country code PAK)
* Pak, Afghanistan
* Pak Island, in the Admiralty Islands group of Papua New Guinea
* Pak Tea House, a café in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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* PAK (band), an Ame ...
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quoted Faqiri discussing his party forming alliances with other parties with a mujahedin background, including the
Daawat-i-Islami.
In August 2005, the Pak Tribune quoted Faqiri responding to allegations that some members of his party had committed war crimes.
He has also worked as a diplomat in Australia.
In June 2010, a special Loya Jirga to seek the opinions of Afghanistan's elders was convened on the best way to bring peace. Faqiri was one of representatives from Lagham Province. He spoke in favor of a reconciliation with the
Taliban
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.
Early life
Faqiri, an ethnic
Pashtun
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, was born to Faqir Mohammad Khan in
Laghman Province
Laghman (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It has a population of about 502,148, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. Laghman hosts a large number of historical landmarks, m ...
during the rule of
King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah (Pashto/Dari: , 15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Serving for 40 years, Zahir was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan s ...
. As an adolescent and young adult, he worked for the Nahzat-e Islami, a young Afghans movement.
Studies
In Afghanistan, he earned a degree in Persian Literature from the
University of Kabul
Kabul University (KU; prs, دانشگاه کابل, translit= Dāneshgāh-e-Kābul; ps, د کابل پوهنتون, translit=Da Kābul Pohantūn) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd ...
, an M.A. in Political Science from
Peshawar University
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, and a PhD in Persian Literature from Ferdawsi University in Iran. He speaks fluent
Pashto
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Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
,
Dari
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,
English
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* English people
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ACKU Library Catalog lists three papers in Dari written by an individual named Mohammad Nasim Faqiri.
According to the catalog, two of those papers are associated with two different "corporate bodies". The 1983 paper is associated with the Itehad-e-Islami Mujahideen Afghanistan. The 1988 paper is associated with the Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan.
Sunni
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