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Dated: Jan 4, 2011
Winning candidate’s list available from Independent Election Commission: http://www.iec.org.af
Downloadable copy of this document available at: http://www.hazara.net/downloads/downloads.html
Ethnic Composition of Newly Elected - 2010 Wolesi Jirga (Lower House)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Total Seats = 249 Ethnic Composition Pushtun= 95 Seats (38.15 %) Hazara (and Shiites) = 58 Seats (23.29 %) Tajik= 55 Seats (22.08 %) Uzbek= 17 Seats (06.82 %) Aimaq= 08 Seats (03.21 %) Turkman= 04 Seats (01.60 %) Arab= 05 Seats (02.00 %) Pashayee= 02 Seats (00.80 %) Nooriatani= 02 Seats (00.80 %) Gujar= 01 Seat (00.40 %) Tatar= 01 Seat (00.40 %) Baloch= 01 Seat (00.40 %) Gender Composition Male= 181 Seats (72.69 %) Female= 68 Seats (27.30 %)
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Pushtun (38.15%)
Total Seats= 96 (Male- 70/ Female-26)
S. No
Name Vote & Remarks
Political Affiliation Photo
Kabul (Male-06/ Female-4)
1 Abdul Rabrasoul Sayaf
MP Head of the Itihad Islami Party / Responsible for massacre of over 700 Hazaras in Afshar in 2003 [1]
2 Shareefullah Kamawal
MP Head of Nangarhar Custom office
3 Alhaj Allah Gull
Mujahid MP Independent
4 Eng. Sheerwali
Wardak MP Independent
5 Anwar Khan
Oryakhil MP Itihadi Islami (Sayaf)/
6 Dr. Obaidullah
Kalimzai wardak MP Son in Law of Rahim
Wardak (MOD)
7 Ms. Shenki Zaheen
Krokhil MP Independent
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8 Ms. Turpeki Pathman
MP Wife of Deputy Minister of Education
9 Ms. Shukria
Barakzai MP Independent
10 Ms. General Nazifa
Zaki MP Independent
Kapisa (Male-1/ Female-0) 11 Eng. Muhamad
Iqbal Safi MP Hezb-e-Islami Party
Parwan (Male-1/ Female-0) 12 Abdul Sattar
Khawasi MP Hizb-e Islami
Wardak (Male-2/ Female-0) 13 Haji Abdull Ahmad
Dourrani MP Independent
14 Haji Abdul Hameed
Wardak MP Independent
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Logar (Male-3/ Female-0)
15 Haji Ali Mohammad
MP Hizb-e Islami
16 Eng. Sahib Khan MP Independent
17 Haji Mohammad
Akbar Stanikzai MP Independent
Balkh (Male-0/ Female-1) 18 Ms. Dr. Gulalai
Noor Safi MP Independent
Nangarhar (Male-09/ Female-4) 19 Mirwais Yassini MP Independent
20 Haji Abdul Zahir
Qadir MP Independent
21 Haji Amir Khan
Yar MP Independent
22 Faridon Momand MP Independent
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23 Haji Perbakhsh Gardiwal
MP Jamiat-e Islami Party
24 Eng. Abdul Ghafar MP Independent
25 Dr. Asmatullah
Shinwari MP Independent
26 Eng. Sayed Akram MP Independent
27 Amirjan Dolatzai MP Independent
28 Ms. Arian Youn MP Independent
29 Ms. Frashta
Anwari MP Independent
30 Ms. Liloma Wali
Hakime MP Independent
31 Ms. Saima
Khogyani MP Afghanistan
Republican Party
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Kunar (Male-2/ Female-1)
32 Maulawi Shahzada Shahid
MP Hezb-e-Islami
33 Haji Salih
Mohammad MP Former Senator
34 Ms. Wazma Safi MP Independent
Laghman (Male-3/ Female-1) 35 Haji Mohammad
Hassan Mamozai MP Independent
36 Eng. Mohammad
Alim Qarar MP Hizb-e Islami
37 Alhaj Naqibullah MP Independent
38 Ms. Zefnoon Safi MP Independent
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Faryab (Male-1/ Female-1) 39 Haji Muhamad
Hashim MP Independent
40 Ms. Fauzia Raufi MP Independent
Baghlan (Male-0/ Female-1) 41 Ms. Shukria
Essakhail MP Independent
Kunduz (Male-2/ Female-0) 42 Shaista Baznazari MP Independent
43 Eng. Kamal MP Independent
Helmand (Male-5/ Female-2) 44 Haji Abdul Hai MP Independent
45 Abdul Jabbar MP Independent
46 Haji Muhamad
Wali Alizai MP Independent
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47 Masoud Khan Noorzai
MP Independent
48 Abdul Wadood MP Independent
49 Ms. Naseema Niazi MP Afghan Millat / Ultra
Pushtun Nationalist Party [2]
50 Ms. Habiba Sadat MP Independent
Kandahar (Male-8/ Female-1) 51 Khalid Pushtun MP Close to Gul Agha
Sherzai
52 Toran Sahib Abdul
Khaliq Khan Balakarzai
MP Hizb-e Islami
53 Muhamad Naeem
Lalai Hamidzai MP Independent
54 Haji Muhamad
Omer Nangyalai MP Independent
55 Abdul Rahim
Ayubi MP Independent
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56 Attaullah Jan Habib MP Independent
57 Alhaj Molla Sayed
Mohammad Akhond
MP Independent
58 Dr. Mahmoud Khan MP Independent
59 Ms. Bibi Hamida
Achakzai MP Independent
Zabul (Male-2/ Female-1) 60 Abdul Qadir
Qalatwal MP Independent .News
Caster RTA
61 Abdul Habib
Andiwal MP Independent
62 Ms. Zahra Tokhi
Zabuli MP Independent
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Uruzgan (Male-2/ Female-0) 63 Haji Abdullah
Barakzai MP Independent
64 Mohammad
Hashim Watanwal MP Former Khalq Party
Paktika (Male-3/ Female-1) 65 Nadir Khan
Katawazi MP Former Khalq Party
66 Haji Abdul Qadeer MP Independent
67 S. Ishaq Gilani MP Independent
68 Ms.Najia MP Independent
Paktia (Male-4/ Female-1) 69 Haji Gulpadshah
Majidi MP Independent
70 Dr. Mujeebur
Rehman Samkani MP Son of former MP
Samkanai
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71 Alhaj Nawab Mangal
MP Brother of Governor of Helmand, Gullab Mangal
72 Mohammad
Ibrahim Ghushtalai MP Independent
73 Ms. Razia Sadat
Mangal MP Independent
Khost (Male-3/ Female-1) 74 Kamal Nasir Osoli MP Business/Education
from Russia/Former Khalq Democratic Party
75 Liaqatullah
Babekerkhil MP Independent
76 Haji Dr. Mirbad
Khan Mangal MP Former Senator
77 Ms. Sahira Sharif MP Independent/Sister of
Sheer Muhamad Karimi, Chief of Army Staff
Herat (Male-1/ Female-1) 78 Ahmad Farhad
Majidi MP Independent/
Businessman
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79 Ms. Seemin Barakzai
MP Independent
80 Haji Munawar Shah
Bahaduri MP Independent
81 Ms. Najla Dihqan
Nijhad MP Jamiat-e Islami
Farah (Male-4/ Female-0) 82 Samiullah Samim MP Independent
83 Mohammad Sarwar
Usmani Farahi MP Independent
84 Abdul Saboor
Khidmat MP Independent
85 Haji Mamur Musa MP Afghan Millat / Ultra
Pushtun Nationalist Party [2]
Kuchi (Seat reserved for Pushtun nomads) (Male-7/ Female-3)
86 Mullah Tarakhil Kuchi
MP Independent
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87 Habiburahman MP Also known as Habib Afghan
88 Haji Haidarjan
Naimzoi MP Son of Naeem Khan
Kuchi (Spent sometime in Guantanamo Bay prison)
89 Haji Shir Ali Ahmadzai
MP Independent
90 Mohammad Yousuf
Sabr MP Independent
91 Haji Hassan Sarabi MP Independent
92 Haji Mohammad
Nazir Ahmadzai MP Independent
93 Ms. Hamida
Ahmadzai MP Independent
94 Ms. Hillai Arshad MP Independent
95 Ms. Parween
Durrani MP Independent
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Hazara and Shiite (23.29%) Total= 58 (Male-40/Female-18)
Kabul (Male-10/ Female-3)
Name Vote & Remarks
Political Affiliation Photo
1 Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq
MP Head of People’s Unity of Afghanistan
2 Ibrahim Qasimi MP Insijam-e Milli
3 Jaffar Mehdawi MP Mohaqiq
4 Ramzan Bashardost MP Independent
5 S. Hussain Anwari MP Head of Harkat-e
Islami
6 Dr. S. Ali Kazemi MP Head of Iqtidar-e
Milli
7 S. Hussain Ali
Balkhi MP Independent
8 Juma Ramazan
Razada MP Paiwand-e Milli/ S.
Mansoor Naderi (Ismaili Hazara)
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9 Qurban Ali Irfani MP Khalili & Mohaqiq / Former Senator
10 Ms. Fatima Nazari MP Independent
11 Ms. Farkhunda
Zahra Naderi MP Paiwand-e Milli
Party/ Daughter of S. Mansoor Naderi (Ismaili Hazara)
12 Ms. Rubaba
Parwani Darwaish MP Khalili & Mohaqiq
13 Ms. Kubra
Mustfawi MP Insijam-e Milli /
Former Senator from Wardak
Wardak (Male-1/ Female-2) 14 Ghulam Hussain
Nasiri MP Mohaqiq
15 Ms. Siddiqa
Mubariz MP Khalili
16 Ms. Eng. Hamida
Akbari MP Khalili & Mohaqiq
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Bamyan (Male-3/ Female-1) 17 Abdur Rehman
Shahidani MP Mohaqiq & Khalili
18 Mohammad Akbari MP Independent
19 Haji Fakur Behishti MP Independent
20 Ms.Safura Elkhani MP Insijam-e Milli
Daikundi (Male-3/ Female-1) 21 Assadullah Sa’adati MP Khalili
22 Sadiqi Zada Nili MP Independent
23 Ms. Shrin Mohsini MP Mohaqiq & Khalili
24 Mohammad Noor
Akbari MP Insijam-e Milli
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Ghor (Male-2/ Female-1) 25 Haji Qurban
1Kohistani MP Mohaqiq
26 Aqai-e Behr MP Independent
27 Ms. Dr. Ruqia Nail MP Khalili & Mohaqiq
Ghazni (Male-8/ Female-3) 28 Ali Akbar Qasimi MP Mohaqiq
29 Mohammad Ali
Alizada MP Mohaqiq / Vice
President People’s Unity Party of Afghanistan
30 Mohammad Ali
Akhlaqi MP Mohaqiq
31 Dr. Shah Jahan MP Harkat-e islami
32 Mohammad Arif
Rehmani MP Harkat-e Islami
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33 Khudadad Irfani MP Khalili
34 Chaman Shah
Etamadi MP Khalili & Mohaqiq
35 Dr. Abdul Qayum
Sajjadi MP Republican Party of
Afghanistan
36 Ms. Eng. Nafisa
Azimi MP Mohaqiq / Former
Chairman of Ghazni Provincial Council
37 Ms. Shah Gul
Rezaee MP Mohaqiq & Khalili
38 Ms. Huma Sultani MP Mohaqiq & Khalili
Baghlan (Male-2/ Female-0) 39 S. Mansoor Naderi MP Head of Paiwan-e
Milli (Ismaili Hazara)
40 Obaidullah Ramin MP Republican Party.
Former Minister of Agriculture (Sunni Hazara)
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Balkh (Male-3/ Female-0)
41 Ahmad Shah Ramazan
MP Former Senator/ Mohaqiq & Khalili
42 Abbas Ibrahimzada MP Mohaqiq
43 Haji Abdo MP Mohaqiq
Sar-e-Pul (Male-2/ Female-0) 44 Mohammad
Hussain Fahimi MP Khalili
45 S. Hassan Sharifi MP Mohaqiq
Samangan (Male-1/ Female-1) 46 Mohammad Tahir
Zuhair MP Khalili
47 Ms. Dr. Masooma
Khawari MP Mohaqiq
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Helmand (Male-1/ Female-0) 48 Nematullah Ghafari MP Mohaqiq
Uruzgan (Male-0/ Female-1) 49 Rehana Azad MP Insijam-e Milli
Takhar (Male-1/ Female-0) 50 S. Ikram masoomi MP Jamiat-e Islami
(Suuni Hazara)
Herat (Male-2/ Female-2) 51 Ahmad Behzad MP Independent
52 Ahmad Raza
Khoshak Watandost MP Mohaqiq
53 Ms. Shehnaz
Hemati MP Non-Hazara Shia /
Dr. Abdullah
54 Dr. Nahid Ahmadi
Farid MP Non-Hazara Shia /
US Citizen
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Kandahar (Male-0/ Female-2) 55 Ms. Shakiba
Hashemi MP Non-Hazara Shia
56 Ms. Fariba Ahmadi
Kakar MP Non-Hazara Shia
Logar (Male-0/ Female-1) 57 Shakila Hashimi MP Non-Hazara Shia
Kunduz (Male-1/ Female-0) 58 S. Dawood Naderi MP Paiwan-e Milli /
Nephew of S. Mansoor Naderi (Ismaili Hazara)
Tajik (22.08 %) Total= 55 (Male-39/Female-16)
S. No
Name Vote & Remarks
Political Affiliation Photo
Kabul (Male-09/ Female-1)
1 Muhamad Yonus Qanoni
MP Afghanistan Naween Party (New Afghanistan)/ Former Jamiat-e Islami
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2 Mir Amanullah Guzar
MP Jamiat-e Islami former Police Chief of Kabul
3 Haji Muhamad
Farhad MP Independent
4 Baktash Syawosh MP Known anchor of
Tolo TV /Dr. Abdullah
5 Alhaj Ezatullah Attef MP
6 Haji Muhamad Daud
Kalakani MP Ittehad-e Islami Party
(Sayyaf)/ Former Hizb-e Islami
7 Qais Hassan MP
8 Erfanullah Erfan MP Jamiat-e-Islami Party
9 Abdul Hafiz Mansour MP Jamiat party/ He was
former Deputy Minister for culture and information and presently chief editor of Payami Mujahid weekly
10 Ms. Fauzia Nasir Yar Guldarayee
MP Jamiat-e Islami
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Kapisa (Male-1/ Female-1) 11 Alhaj Mirdad
Khan Nijrabi MP Independent
12 Ms. Tahira
Mujadidi MP Independent
Parwan (Male-2/ Female-2) 13 Alhaj Mir Rehman
Rahman MP Jamiat-e Islami/
Brother of Den. Baba Jan
14 Khoja Sediq
Ahmad Osmani MP Afghanistan
Republican Party/ brother of Zarar Muqbil, Minister of Anti Narcotics
15 Ms. Zakia Sangeen
MP Independent
16 Ms. Samia Azizi
Sadat MP Jamiat-e Islami
Panjsher (Male-1/ Female-1) 17 Dr. Zaheer Sadat MP Jamiat-e Islami
18 Ms. Qazi Rahila
Salim MP Jamiat-e-Islami
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Balkh (Male-3/ Female-2) 19 Haji Maulawi
Abdur Rehman Rakhmani
MP Jamiat-e Islami/Ustad Atta
20 Asadullah Sharifi MP Jamiat-e Islami/
Father was former MP/Well known Businessman
21 Muhamad Farhad
Azimi MP Jamiat-e Islami
/Ustad Atta/ Teacher in Balkh University
22 Ms. Saifura Niazi MP Jamiat-e Islami
/Ustad Atta
23 Ms. Brishna Rabi MP Jamiat-e Islami/
Ustad Atta
Jozjan (Male-0/ Female-1) 24 Ms. Fahima Sadaat MP Jamiat-e Islami
/Ustad Atta
Badakhshan (Male-6/ Female-2)
25 Haji Zalmai Mujadidi
MP Former Head of the Presidential Security Guards during the Transitional and Interim admin.
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26 Abdul Wali Niazi MP Independent
27 Abdul Latif
Pedram
MP Head of the Kangara Mili Party
28 Amanullah Paiman MP Jamiat-e Islami
29 Muhamad Zakria
Sauda MP Independent
30 Haji Shah Abdul
Ahad Afzali MP Independent
31 Ms. Fauzia Kofi MP Independent,
women activist
32 Ms. Dr. Nilofar
Ibrahimi MP
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Takhar (Male-2/ Female-2)
Baghlan (Male-2/ Female-0)
33 Raees Abdulbaqi Malikzada
MP Jamiat-e Islami/ brother in Law of Gen. Dawood Dawoon, police chief of Northen Zone
34 Haji Abdul Wakil Jabar
MP Jamiat-e Islami
35 Ms. Habiba Danish MP Independent
36 Ms. Mariam Kofi MP Sister of Fouzia
Kofi MP from Badakhshan
37 Dr. Mehdi MP Jamiat-e Islami /Affiliated to Dr. Abdullah
38 Mohammad Zahir
Ghanizada MP Also known as
Qand Agha/Jamiat-e Islami
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Kunduz (Male-1/ Female-1)
Khost (Male-1/ Female-0)
41 Hamayun MP Businessman in Russia / Son of Ghulam Mahaudin Khalqi who was chief of Police in Kabul during Tarakai Regime
Badghis (Male-3/ Female-0)
42 Sayed Muhamad Musa Jinab Sahib
MP Independent
43 Haji Ghulam Sarwar
Faiz MP Independent
44 Haji Qazi Abdur
Rahim MP Independent
Herat (Male-7/ Female-1) 45 Ghulam Farooq
Majroh MP Zoori ethnic group /
Jamiat-e- Islami
39 Abdul Wodod Payman
MP
40 Ms.Dr. Fatma Aziz MP
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46 Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanifi
MP Jamiat-e-Islami
47 Mohammad Rafiq
Shaheer MP Independent
48 Haji Ghulam Farooq
Nazari MP Independent
49 Dr. Mohammad
Saleh Saljooqi MP Jamiat-e Islami
50 Haji Mohammad
Arif Tayyib MP Jamiat-e Islami
51 Haji Khalil Ahmad
Shaheedzada MP Independent
52 Ms. Masouda
Karkhe MP Independent
Farah (Male-0/ Female-1) 53 Ms. Humaira Ayubi MP Independent
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Ghor (Male-1/ Female-0) 54 Dr. Muhamad
Ibrahim Malakzada MP Jamiat-e-Islami
Party
Nimroz (Male-0/ Female-1) 55 Ms. Farishta Amini MP Independent
Uzbek (6.82%)
Total= 17 (Male-14/Female-3)
Faryab (Male-5/ Female-2) Name Vote &
Remarks Political Affiliation Photo
1 Dr. Naqibullah Faiq MP Dostum
2 Eng. Muhamad
Hashim Awartaq MP Former Senator /
Dostum
3 Basheer Ahmad
Tah Yanj MP Close to Dostum
4 Mohammad Shakir
Kargar MP Independent
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5 Alhaj Fathullah Qaisari
MP Dostum
6 Ms. Rangina
Kargar MP Dostum
7 Ms. Asifa Shadab MP Dostum
Sari-e-Pul (Male-1/ Female-0) 8 Sayed Anwar Sadat MP Dostum / DG of Aina
TV owned by Dostum / Educated from Turkey
Badakhshan (Male-1/ Female-0) 9 Alhaj Safiullah
Muslim MP Mohaqiq / Founding
member of Mohaqiq’s Party.
Jozjan (Male-2/ Female-0) 10 Dr. Enayatullah
Babur Farahmand MP Dostum / Educated
from Turkey
11 Abdul Sattar
Darzabi MP Independent
Takhar (Male-4/ Female-0) 12 Alhaj Abdulmotalib
Baig (or Bak) MP Independent / Former
Jamiat
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13 Qodratullah Zaki MP Independent
14 Qazi Mohammad
Kabir Marzban MP Former Hizb-e Islami
15 Amir Abdulwahed
Faqirzada MP Dostum
Kunduz (Male-1/ Female-1) 16 Haji Abdulrauf
Abrahimi MP Former Hizb-e-Islami
/ Brother of Amir Latif
17 Ms. Shukria Paikan
Ahmadi MP Dostum
Aimaq (3.21%) Total=8 (Male-5/Female-3)
Name Vote &
Remarks Political Affiliation Photo
Sar-e-Pul (Male-1/ Female-0)
1 Haji Khair Mohammad Aimaq
MP Jamiat-e Islami
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Baghlan (Male-2/Female-1) 2 Dilawar Aimaq MP Jamiat-e Islami
3 Muhamad Azim
Muhseni MP Jamiat-e islami
4 Ms.Alhaj Ustad
Najia Aimaq MP Jamiat-e islami
Badghis (Male-0/ Female-1)
5 Ms. Safia Aimaq MP Independent
Herat (Male-1/ Female-0) 5 Abdul Hadi
Jamshedi MP Independent
Ghor (Male-1/ Female-1) 6 Alhaj Kiramudin
Rezazada MP Jamiat-e Islami
7 Ms. Sima Joinda MP Independent
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Arab (2%) Total= 5 (Male-4/female-1)
Name Vote &
Remarks Political Affiliation Photo
Parwan (Male-1/ Female-0)
1 Alhaj Mohammad Almas Zahid
MP Jamiat-e-Islami
Jozjan (Male-1/ Female-0) 2 Baz Muhamad
Juzjani MP Independent
Balkh (Male-2/ Female-0) 3 Alhaj Muhamad
Ishaq Rahguzar MP Jamiat-e-Islami/
Ustad Atta
4 Alhaj Allam Khan
Azadi MP Jamiat-e-Islami/
Ustad atta
Sar-e-Pul (Male-0/ Female-1) 4 Ms. Aziz Jalees MP Dostum
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Turkmen (1.60%) Total= 4 (Male-4/Female-0)
Jozjan (Male-1/ Female-0)
Name Vote & Remarks
Political Affiliation Photo
1 Haji Muhamad Ismail
MP Independent
Samangann (Male-1/ Female-0) 1 Haji Makhdoom
Mohibbulah Furqani
MP Dostum
Kunduz (Male-2/Female-0) 2 Alhaj Nazari
Turkmani MP Worked as staff of
Qanooni in recent Years
3 Mualim (teacher)
Chahari MP Independent
Pashayee (0.80%) Total= 2 (Male-2/Female-0)
Name Vote &
Remarks Political Affiliation Photo
Kapisa (Male-1/ Female-0)
1 Haji Agha Jan MP Former Hizb-e Islami
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Nangarhar (Male-1/ Female-0) 2 Haji Hazrat Ali MP Jamiat-e-Islami
Gujur (0.40%)
Total=1 (Male-1/Female-0)
Name Vote & Remarks
Political Affiliation Photo
Kunar (Male-1/ Female-0)
1 Haji Sakhi MP Jabha-e-Nijat Mili / Former Senator
Nooristani (0.8 %) Total=2 (Male-1/Female-1)
Nooristan (Male-1/ Female-1)
1 Molavi Ahmadullah Moahid
MP Independent
2 Ms. Dr. Parween
Nooristani MP Independent
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Tatar (0.4 %) Total= 1 (Male-1/Female-0)
Samangan (Male-1/ Female-0)
1 Makhdoom Abdullah Mohammadi
MP Jamiat-e-Islami
Baluch (0.4 %) Total= 1 (Female)
Name Vote &
Remarks Political Affiliation Photo
Nimroz (Male-0/ Female-1)
44 Ms.Farida Hamidi MP Independent
Note:
1. Sayyaf (along with former president Rabbani, and Ahmed Shah Masood) are responsible for the mass killings of Hazaras in Afshar, Kabul, in 1993. Over 700 Hazaras were killed, women raped, and homes were set on fire, for a killing frenzy that lasted for over 24 hours. http://www.hazara.net/persecution/afghanistan/afshar.html
2. Afghan Millat is a group of Ultra Nationalist Pushtuns that advocate Pusthun dominance at all cost. In the past, they worked behind the scenes, but now have emerged as a party (Note: to non-Pushtun ethnic groups, the word “Afghan” means Pushtun as is obvious by the use here as well).
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Some important facts about Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Election results:
It clearly proves that despite un-just political and administrative steps taken during last many centuries (displacement of non Pushtuns by force from their native lands and distribution of the land amongst their own tribes, the ruling Pushtun ethnic is still not in big majority).
There are 10-reserved seats for Pushtun Kuchis (nomads). This means that these seats cannot be contested by any candidate of any ethnicity except Pushtuns. It is interesting to note that for a country who has never had the ability to conduct a basic census of its population, there seems to be a “clear” idea of Kuchi population—a group of nomads with no address, and always on the move. [ See annual killings of Hazaras by Taliban Kuchis - http://www.hazara.net/takeaction/kuchis/kuchis.html ]
Hazaras, the most oppressed ethnic group, are the second largest ethnic group in this country when taking the following into consideration -:-
o Their ancestral homeland, Hazarajat, has been systematically divided into administrative areas to undermine their population. After the genocide of Hazaras during 1890’s by Pusthun ruler, Abdur Rahman Khan, in which over 60 percent of Hazaras were massacred, the 100% Hazara populated Uruzgan province was forcefully taken and distributed among Pushtuns who helped in carrying the genocide of Hazaras [ see: http://www.hazara.net/hazara/history/history.html ]. At present two Hazara districts in Uruzgan province i.e. Khas Uruzgan and Gizab are mainly Hazara populated area but due to threat of Pushtun majority and also Taliban, they have been unable to nominate and freely vote for their candidates. It is worth mentioning that Gizab was a part of Hazara dominated Daikundi province but was included in Uruzgan in 2006.
o The same case is with Hazara districts of “Lal wa Sar e Jangal” and “Daulat Yar” in Ghor province. They should be included either with Daikundi or Bamyan.
o Three Hazara districts-- Surkh Parsa, Sheikh Ali and Ghorband, have been given to Parwan province.
o Adjacent to above districts, two Hazara districts, Dai Mirdad and Besud, and upper parts of Jalraiz district i.e. Sang Lakh, Sia Petaw are presented to Maidan Wardak province. Again it is worth mentioning that during its second-term presidential election campaign Hamid Karzai made empty promises that he will create a new Besud province
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comprising of above six Hazara districts and also create a new Jaghuri province comprising of Hazara districts of Ghazni province.
o The same prejudices have been imposed on Hazaras in Baghlan province.
o Many Hazaras have been listed as Tajiks. For example, Hazaras dwelling in “Dara-e Hazara” area in Punjsher province, Badakhshan province and Qila-e-Nau in Baghes province.
o On Election Day many irregularities have been exercised in Hazara dominated areas, including Kabul, as reported widely by national and international media. This includes, late opening of polling stations, shortages of ballot papers, distribution of wrong ballot papers etc (sending ballot papers of Ghor province to Bamyan province).
o Despite all these hurdles getting of 54 seats in Wolesi Jirga indicate that Hazara population is much beyond the official figure of 19%.
Source: http://www.hazara.net