Khalid Pashtoon
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Khalid Pashtoon was elected to represent Kandahar Province
in Afghanistan
's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. 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
. He sits on the Internal Security Committee as its deputy chair. He is a former aide to Gul Agha Sherzai
.
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.
Kandahar Province
Kandahar or Qandahar is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in southern Afghanistan, between Helmand, Oruzgan and Zabul provinces. Its capital is the city of Kandahar, which is located on the Arghandab River. The province has a population of nearly...
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is a member of the Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
ethnic group from the Barakzai
Barakzai
- History :Barakzai is a common ethnic name among the Pashtuns of Afghanistan/Pakistan and it means . Barakzai is also a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan, and more predominantly, in Afghanistan...
tribe. A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated he attended the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. He sits on the Internal Security Committee as its deputy chair. He is a former aide to Gul Agha Sherzai
Gul Agha Sherzai
Gul Agha Sherzai is the current Governor of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003.-Biography:...
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Khalid Pashtoon was widely quoted when he described assassinated tribal leader Abdul Hakim Jan
Abdul Hakim Jan (Argandab tribal leader)
Abdul Hakim Jan was an anti-Taliban militia leader in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killed during a suicide bombing, at a dog fight, on February 17, 2008....
as the only leader in Kandahar to have opposed the Taliban.