Mohammad Nasim Faqiri (''محمد نسیم فقیری''; born 1958) is an Afghan politician and diplomat.mirror
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Jamiat-e Islami Jamiat-e-Islami (also rendered as Jamiati Islami; ), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Afghan Tajik political party and former paramilitary organisation in Afghanistan. It is the oldest and largest functioning political part ...

in Afghanistan, and was appointed Secretary General of the organization. In May 2005, prior to Afghanistan's first post-

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elections for its national legislature, the

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and Provincial Councils, the

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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

Early life

Faqiri, an ethnic

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, was born to Faqir Mohammad Khan in

Laghman Province Laghman (Persian language, Persian/Pashto: ) 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 numbe ...

during the rule of

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. 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

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, an M.A. in Political Science from

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, and a PhD in Persian Literature from Ferdawsi University in Iran. He speaks fluent

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Dari Dari (; endonym: ), Dari Persian (, , or , ), or Eastern Persian is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan government's official term for the Persian language;Lazard, G.Darī – The New Persian ...

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, and

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. The 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.

References

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Living people 1958 births ar:تصنيف:مسلمون سنة أفغان