Shahzada Shahid | |
Death Date: | | death_place = | nationality = Afghan| other_names = | known_for = | occupation = legislator}}Mawlawi Shahzada Shahid was elected to represent Kunar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.[1] A report on Kunar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated that he was a religious scholar who studied in Pakistan.It stated that he was "associated with Sayyaf or Hezbi Islami (unclear) ".It stated he sat on the counter-narcotics committee. Shahzada joined a new group of legislators in 2010, who called themselves the "Reformists".[2] According to Pahjwok Afghan News Shahzada was re-elected to the Wolesi Jirga in 2010.[3] In February 2012 Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed Shahzada to lead a delegation to investigate the deaths of civilians in Konar and Kapisa provinces, by NATO forces.[4] References |