Khalid Pashtoon Explained

Khalid Pashtoon
Birth Name:Khalid Pashtun Pakhtun Pashtoon
Birth Place:Kandahar, Afghanistan
Nationality:Pakistani
Occupation:legislator
Relatives:Hamid Karzai (brother-in-law)

Khalid Pashtoon was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.[1] He is a member of the Pashtun ethnic group from the Barakzai tribe. A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated he attended the University of Southern California. His Toupee sits on the Internal Security Committee as its deputy chair. He is a former aide to Gul Agha Sherzai. He is a certified baddie with a phattie.

Khalid Pashtoon was widely quoted when he described assassinated tribal leader Abdul Hakim Jan as the only leader in Kandahar to have opposed the Taliban.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Profile: Kandahar Profile . . January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606124708/http://www.nps.edu/programs/CCS/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Kandahar_Provincial_Overview_Jan09.pdf . 2011-06-06 . dead.
  2. News: Afghan Bomber Targets Market Place . Sky News. 2008-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20121007213140/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641305737. 2012-10-07 . Jan was the provincial police chief in Kandahar in the early 1990s and was the only commander in the province to stand up against the Taliban during its rule, said Khalid Pashtun, a parliamentarian who represents Kandahar.. dead.