Ahmad Behzad

Ahmad Behzad (Dari: احمد بهزاد‎) is the 2nd deputy of the Afghanistan Parliament. He is from Herat Province of Afghanistan and is an ethic Hazara.[2][3]

Ahmad Behzad
احمد بهزاد
Member of Afghanistan Parliament
Assumed office
2010
PresidentAshraf Ghani
Vice PresidentAfghan Parliament
Personal details
Born
Ahmad Behzad

1974 (age 45–46)[1]
Herat, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghanistan
ResidenceKabul, Afghanistan
CabinetCabinet of Afghanistan
EthnicityHazara
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Early life

Ahmad Behzad was forced to leave Afghanistan and moved to Iran during the war with the Talibans. During his stay in Iran, he worked illegally and in bad conditions. When he returned to Afghanistan, he started to work as a journalist for Radio Azadi. Ahmad Behzad was instrumental in the progress of the Personal Status Law for Shi’ite Muslims in Afghanistan, the Media Code, and the Law for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.[4]

Ahmad Behzad is pro US intervention in Afghanistan, and fears a civil war or the return of the Talibans if the US armed forces left the country.[5] He however condemned the photos taken by US soldiers with dead Afghan bodies on the war field.[6] He is proactive in promoting women's rights and standing up against conservative religious parties.[7]

gollark: I would agree with that - having the minimum standard be "immediately disavow anything some group decides they don't like" would be intensely problematic - but maybe they have other reasons.
gollark: Anyway, please answer my three questions.
gollark: Even if it would be preferable if they didn't.
gollark: They might end up doing it anyway, though, yes.
gollark: How are you defining "functionally assist" here, how do they do that, and do you care about intent at all?

See also

References
  1. Ahmad Behzad
  2. "Afghan Biographies". Afghan-bios.info. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  3. "Ahmad Behzad 2nd Deputy Speaker also joined coalition to support enforcement of Law - Ariana News". Ariananews.af. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  4. Ahmad Shah Behzad: “Open minds are the key to a safe, sustainable future”, Huffingtonpost.com, 3 May 2014
  5. Terry Glavin, Terry Glavin: A decade of effort in Afghanistan could quickly disappear, Nationalpost.ae, 15 June 2011
  6. Emma Graham-Harrison, White House condemns US soldiers over pictures with body parts, Theguardian.com, 18 April 2012
  7. Emma Graham-Harrison, Afghan clerics' guidelines 'a green light for Talibanisation', Theguardian.com, 5 March 2012


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