Shahzada Shahid Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Profile: Kunar Profile . . 2009 . 2010-06-14 . mirror
  2. News: The "Reformists" Parliamentary Group Split the Parliament . . 2010-09-27 . 2012-03-04 . Qayoom Suroush . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111224211115/http://www.bamdad.af/index.php/english/text/story/1445 . 2011-12-24.
  3. News: A parliamentarian addresses Saturday’s Wolesi Jirga session in Kabul . . 2011-08-27 . 2012-03-04 . Female MP Simeen Barakzai, who was recently unseated by the Wolesi Jirga, put her veil over the face of Kunar MP Molavi Shahzada Shahid after he announced his support for the Independent Election Commission (IEC)’s decision. . Lataria Farshad . live . https://archive.today/20130131000929/http://www.pajhwok.com/en/photo/155083 . 2013-01-31.
  4. News: 15 Afghan civilians and kids killed in NATO air raid . . 2012-02-13 . 2012-03-04 . Chief of the investigations committee Mawlawi Shahzada Shahid who visited Kunar said, at least 7 Afghan civilians most of them from a single family was killed during NATO air raid at Soki district in eastern Kunar province. . Ghanizada . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131114155904/http://www.khaama.com/15-afghan-civilians-and-kids-killed-in-nato-air-raid-626 . 2013-11-14.