Nasrullah Sadiqi Zada Nili (), commonly known as Sadiqi Zada Nili () is a ethnic

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politician from

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. He served as the representative of the

Daikundi Province Daikundi (Dari/) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504 people, who are mostly peasants, traders, and shop owners. Daikundi falls into the traditionall ...

during the fifteenth and sixteenth parliamentary sessions of the

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Early life

Nasrullah Sadiqi Zada Nili, son of the jihadist leader Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili, was born on 1966 in

Nili District Nili () is a district in Daykundi province in central Afghanistan. The main town in the district, also called Nili NILI () was a Jewish espionage network which assisted the United Kingdom in its fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Mutas ...

. Sadiqi Zada Nili has a bachelor's degree in

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. He was a commander in the Nili district and a member of the Hizb-e-Wahdat Party when was a single and united party during the

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in Afghanistan. In December 2015, Sadiqi Zada Nili was taken hostage by the

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while visiting his home province of Daikundi. After enduring nine hours in captivity, he managed to escape and make his way to government forces for safety.

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{{Hazara_nationalism Living people 1966 births Hazara politicians Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan) People from Daykundi Province Hezbe Wahdat politicians

Early life

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