Kabir Stori (6 April 1942 – 4 April 2006) ( ps, کبیر ستوری) was a

Pashtun 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 re ...

nationalist,

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, and

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from

Kunar Province Kunar (Pashto: ; Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. Its population is estimated to be 508,224. Kunar's major political groups include Wahhabis or Ahl-e- Ha ...

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 bordere ...

. He was chairman of the

Pashtoons Social Democratic Party The Pashtoons Social Democratic Party (abbr. PSDP; ps, د پښتنو ټولنیز ولسواکیز ګوند) is the unity and independence party of all Pashtuns, a social democratic political party in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The party was f ...

, a political party that he founded, until his death.

Early life

Stori was born on 6 April 1942 in Khas Kunar, a village in Kunar Province of

. Stori was Mirdadkhel, from the

Yousafzai The Yusufzai or Yousafzai ( ps, یوسفزی, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ) are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to which they migrated to from Suliman mountains dur ...

tribe. His primary education was from a government elementary school in Khas Kunar; later he joined the

Rahman Baba Abdur Rahmān Momand ( ps, عبدالرحمان بابا; 1632–1706) or Rahmān Bābā ( ps, رحمان بابا), was a renowned Pashtun Sufi Dervish and poet from Momand Agency in Peshawar during the Mughal era. He, along with his contemp ...

Lycee in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

to further his education. He was selected by the Afghan government due to very good school performance to study in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Kabir studied psychology with political science, sociology, and philosophy from the universities of

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

, and

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, attaining a doctorate in natural sciences ( Diplom Psychologist, Dr. rer. nat.).

Political activities

In 1966 Stori founded the Afghan Students Association in

, serving as its chairman. He also served as chairman of the General Union of Afghan Students in 1972 and the National Liberation Union of Pashtuns and Balochs in Frankfurt in 1976. He worked for the Deutsche Welle in 1973 as an announcer/editor and helped to build the Pashto Service. He founded the

(PSDP) in February 1981 in Germany and was the first elected chairman. Kabir Stori refused several offers from

Mohammad Najibullah Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (Pashto/ prs, محمد نجیب‌الله احمدزی, ; 6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996), commonly known as Dr. Najib, was an Afghan politician who served as the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Par ...

and

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...

to join the Afghan government but denied both on political grounds. He also served on the editorial boards of various magazines including: *''Sparghai'' (1972) (monthly) published by the 'General Union of Afghan Students', *''Olas Ghag'' (1976) published by the 'National Liberation Union of Pashtoons and Baluchs', *''Peer Rokhan'' (1978) (monthly), *''Lamba'' (1985) (monthly), *''De Khyber Wagma'' (1986) (monthly) published in Germany and *''Pashtoonkhwa'' (1978) published by Social Democratic Party - Germany. He played a pivotal role in *De Pakhtano Kulturi Tolana - Germany (Pashtoon Cultural Association) in 1985, *Pakhtoon Kor - Germany (1993) and *the Pakhtoonkhwa Pohanay Dera (1998) (The Pashtoonkhwa Home of Science) in

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

and in the year 2003 the Pakhto Adabi Hunari Tolana in Kunar.

Prison stay

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national Kabir Stori was arrested on 16. January 1983 in Pakistan while visiting his family in

. The reason for his arrest was to endanger the security of Pakistan, caused by his idea to create a united

Pashtunistan Pashtunistan ( ps, پښتونستان, lit=land of the Pashtuns) is a historical region in Central Asia and South Asia, inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, ...

. Amnesty International received reports that he had been tortured. Stori spent one and a half years in various Peshawar prisons because of his nationalist ideals for Afghans. Leading political and diplomatic circles in the Federal Republic of Germany learned of his fate through Voice of Germany. The RFFU took steps to secure his release. Hermann Schreiber, the magazine's editor, published in

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on 11 August 1983 a report on Stori's case.

Literary works

Kabir Stori Documentation at Shamshad TV

Stori’s poems are mostly about patriotism. His poem collections include *Skarwatta ''(Embers): An Anthology of Poems'',(1976, published together with another Afghan Poet, Germany) *Jwandi Khyaloona ''(Alive Thoughts)'', (1997, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department, Peshawar Pakistan) *De Qalam Tora ''(Sword of the Pen)'', (1999, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *Sandareez Paigham ''(Message by the songs)'', (2002, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *Khwagi Misrai ''(Sweetest Verses)'', (2006, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *Kulyaat, (2007, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)

Stori's poetry

Stori wrote a collection of poetry's in his native

Pashto language Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

. The most famous verse he wrote was about his love for Pashto and how proud he was to be Pashtun:

''Sa me wakhla kho Pashto rana wa nakhle'' ''Take my breath but don't take my Pashto'' ''Sa Pashtun yem pa Pakhto bande Patman yem'' ''I'm Pashtun, respected by Pashto'' ''Ka sama Stori pa kaber chera rashe'' ''If you come to Stori's grave'' ''Pa Pashto rata dawa wakra par mayen yem'' ''Pray for me in Pashto because I'm in love with it''

This

Pashtun nationalism Pashtun nationalism ( ps, پښتون ملتپالنه) generally refers to the idea that Pashtuns must always be united to preserve their culture and defend their homeland against any oppressor. It propagates the view that Muslims are not a nation ...

demonstrates his love and passion for his nation, culture, and language.

Research works

His psychological works include *Wira ''(Fear): theories, measurement and therapy of fear'', (1985,1990

; 2001,

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, printed by KOR, Publications Department;

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: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *De Wire Tala ''(Psychology)'', (1992, Germany) *De Hukhyartia Tala ''(Intelligence-Test)'', (2000, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *Zabsapohana ''(Language Psychology)'', (2000, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *De Hokhyartia Kulturi be Palawa Tala ''(Kulturfairer Intelligenz-Test (C-I- T))'' in three languages (Pashtu, English and German), (2004, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan) *De Pedaikhti Banno De Hokhyartia Tala ''(Naturformen des Intelligenztests (N-I-T), in three languages (Pashtu, English and

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)'', (2004, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)

Death and tributes

Stori suffered a heart attack and died on 4 April 2006 at 05:32 AM in

Wesseling Wesseling () is an industrial German city on the Rhine bordering Cologne city on the south. With three chemical plants and a petroleum refinery within its city limits, it has an important place in the international petrochemical industry. Histor ...

, Germany. He was buried in his native graveyard in Khas Kunar, Afghanistan. On the 7th anniversary of his death, the school in his hometown was renamed from " Khas Kunar Lycee" to "Dr. Kabir Stori Lycee" by the government from Afghanistan.

References

External links

KabirStori.com (Official Website of Kabir Stori)Pashtoonkhwa.com (Stori was Founder and Leader of Pashtoons Social Democratic Party)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stori, Kabir 1942 births 2006 deaths Pashtun people Pashtun nationalists Pashto-language poets 20th-century Afghan poets People from Kunar Province Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Afghan emigrants to Germany