Mawlawi Shahzada Shahid was elected to represent Kunar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.[1]

Shahzada Shahid
NationalityAfghan
Occupationlegislator

A report from the Navy Postgraduate School on Kunar stated that he was a religious scholar who studied in Pakistan.[1] It mentioned that he was "associated with Sayyaf [sic] or Hezbi Islami (unclear) [sic]". It also noted that he served on the counter-narcotics committee.

In 2010, Shahzada joined a new group of legislators who called themselves the "Reformists".[2]

According to Pahjwok Afghan News, he was re-elected to the Wolesi Jirga in 2010.[3]

In February 2012, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed Shahzada to lead a delegation to investigate the deaths of civilians in Konar and Kapisa provinces caused by NATO forces.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Profile: Kunar Profile" (PDF). Navy Postgraduate School. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-14. mirror
  2. ^ Qayoom Suroush (2010-09-27). "The "Reformists" Parliamentary Group Split the Parliament". Bamdad. Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  3. ^ Lataria Farshad (2011-08-27). "A parliamentarian addresses Saturday's Wolesi Jirga session in Kabul". Pahjwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-04. Female MP Simeen Barakzai, who was recently unseated by the Wolesi Jirga, put her veil over the face of Kunar MP Molavi Shahzada Shahid after he announced his support for the Independent Election Commission (IEC)'s decision.
  4. ^ Ghanizada (2012-02-13). "15 Afghan civilians and kids killed in NATO air raid". Khaama Press. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2012-03-04. Chief of the investigations committee Mawlawi Shahzada Shahid who visited Kunar said, at least 7 Afghan civilians most of them from a single family was killed during NATO air raid at Soki district in eastern Kunar province.