Afghan politician (1947–2021)
Qazi Amin Waqad in May 2011
Qazi Muhammad Amin Waqad (1947 – June 14, 2021) was an Afghan politician who has held a variety of political and military offices.[ 1]
An ethnic Mohmand Pashtun from Nangrahar Province , Qazi Amin attended a madrasah in Pakistan , before graduating at the Islamic Law Faculty of Kabul University . While at university, he became an active member of the Islamist Muslim Youth movement.[ 2] In 1975, following the repression of the Islamist movement by Daoud Khan , Qazi Amin escaped to Peshawar .[ 3] During the late 1970s and early 1980s he served several times as leader of Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin , though he was more often deputy leader to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . In 1985, he quit HIG and founded his own party, which had only a limited influence. After the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992, he held an appointment as Minister of Communications from 1994 to 1997.[ 2] [ 4]
Later, he became a leading member of the National Front , a political party opposed to the Karzai administration.[ 5]
Since the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan, Waqad has faced unsuccessful assassination attempts on his life by the Taliban ,[ 6] including one in 2017.[ 7]
Waqad died on June 14, 2021.[ 8] [ 9]
References
^ Syed Saleem Shahzad (2004-04-21). "Assault on Afghanistan's political soul" . Asia Times. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-10 .
^ a b Edwards, David (2002). Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad . Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 178– 179. ISBN 978-0-520-22861-0 .
^ Edwards, p. 218
^ "About the Ministry" . Afghan Ministry of Communications and IT . Retrieved 2022-02-25 .
^ Waliullah Rahmani (May 3, 2007). "Afghanistan's Veteran Jihadi Leader: An Interview with Qazi Mohammad Amin Waqad". Jamestown Foundation.
^ "Qazi Amin Waqad assesses the threat from Hizb-e Islami" . Kabul Center for Strategic Studies. October 1, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2010 .
^ "Key Hezb-e-Islami member escapes assassination attempt in Kabul city" . Khaama Press . September 6, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2021 .
^ "Karzai saddened by death of prominent Afghan scholar Amin Waqad" . Afghanistan Times . June 15, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021 .
^ "Qazi Mohammad Amin Waqad" . TOLOnews . 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-02-01 .