Qasim Akhgar

Qasim Akhgar (Dari-Persian: قسیم اخگر) was an author, researcher, civil society activist and theorist in Afghanistan.[1][2]

Qasim Akhgar
قسیم اخگر
Qasim Akhgar
Born
Muhammad Qasim

1951
Kabul, Afghanistan
DiedJanuary 28, 2014(2014-01-28) (aged 62–63)
Kabul, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghan

Early life

Qasim Akhgar was born in 1951 in Wazirabad area of Kabul. He continued his elementary and secondary school in Kabul, while his education was not over he was arrested and expelled from the school due to participation in political struggles and demonstrations of Leftist groups. During the Taliban he migrated to neighboring countries, after the fall of the Taliban he returned to Afghanistan and began his political, social and journalistic activities in Kabul.[3]

Qasim Akhgar was an ethnic Hazara.

Death

Qasim Akhbar died on 28 January 2014 in Kabul due to a heart attack.[4]

Notes
  1. "قسیم اخگر پژوهشگر و فعال مدنی سرشناس افغانستان درگذشت". BBC Persian (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. "Qasim Akhgar; Afghan Press Star Passes Away". www.bakhtarnews.com.af. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. "خبرگزاری فارس - "قسیم اخگر"؛ نماد عدالت خواهی و مبارزه با ظلم حکومت کمونیستی افغانستان". خبرگزاری فارس (in Persian). 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  4. "Not a "Tailless Star": an obituary for leading Afghan intellectual Muhammad Qasim Akhgar". Afghanistan Analysts Network. Retrieved 2018-02-11.

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