Ahmad Behzad
{{Short description|Hazara politician and member of Afghanistan parliament}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1974}}[http://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=354&task=view&total=3673&start=685&Itemid=2 Ahmad Behzad]
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{{Hazara people}}
Ahmad Behzad ({{langx|prs|احمد بهزاد}}) is an ethnic Hazara politician and former representative of the people of Herat province in the fifteenth and sixteenth parliamentary sessions of the Afghanistan Parliament.{{cite web|url=http://www.afghan-bios.info/tinc?key=2vB1wwzV&session_currentpage=data&session_mode=guest&formname=afghan_bios&session_sortby=field_3&userid=1295218538;2303;214&session_nextpage=data_edit&session_offset=50&session_start=301&session_dbkey=1255354659;130592;420_afghan_bios&dbkey=1255354659;130592;420_afghan_bios|title=Afghan Biographies|date=|publisher=Afghan-bios.info|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719154846/http://www.afghan-bios.info/tinc?key=2vB1wwzV&session_currentpage=data&session_mode=guest&formname=afghan_bios&session_sortby=field_3&userid=1295218538;2303;214&session_nextpage=data_edit&session_offset=50&session_start=301&session_dbkey=1255354659;130592;420_afghan_bios&dbkey=1255354659;130592;420_afghan_bios|archive-date=2012-07-19|url-status=dead|accessdate=2012-05-09}}{{cite web|url=http://ariananews.af/regional/ahmad-behzad-2nd-deputy-speaker-also-joined-coalition-to-support-enforcement-of-law/|title=Ahmad Behzad 2nd Deputy Speaker also joined coalition to support enforcement of Law - Ariana News|date=|publisher=Ariananews.af|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125231131/http://ariananews.af/regional/ahmad-behzad-2nd-deputy-speaker-also-joined-coalition-to-support-enforcement-of-law/|archivedate=2012-11-25|url-status=dead|accessdate=2012-05-09}}
Early life
Ahmad Behzad was forced to leave Afghanistan and moved to Iran during the war with the Talibans. During his stay in Iran, he worked illegally and in bad conditions. When he returned to Afghanistan, he started to work as a journalist for Radio Azadi. Ahmad Behzad was instrumental in the progress of the Personal Status Law for Shi’ite Muslims in Afghanistan, the Media Code, and the Law for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/unveiling-afghanistan/ahmad-shah-behzad-open-mi_b_4903804.html Ahmad Shah Behzad: “Open minds are the key to a safe, sustainable future”], Huffingtonpost.com, 3 May 2014
Ahmad Behzad is pro US intervention in Afghanistan, and fears a civil war or the return of the Talibans if the US armed forces left the country.Terry Glavin, [https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-a-decade-of-effort-in-afghanistan-could-quickly-disappear/wcm/5eacc68e-071e-4061-80ca-f5a1287bc40e Terry Glavin: A decade of effort in Afghanistan could quickly disappear], Nationalpost.ae, 15 June 2011 He however condemned the photos taken by US soldiers with dead Afghan bodies on the war field.Emma Graham-Harrison, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/18/us-soldiers-condemned-parts-afghanistan White House condemns US soldiers over pictures with body parts], Theguardian.com, 18 April 2012 He is proactive in promoting women's rights and standing up against conservative religious parties.Emma Graham-Harrison, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/05/afghanistan-women Afghan clerics' guidelines 'a green light for Talibanisation'], Theguardian.com, 5 March 2012
See also
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Category:Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan)
Category:People from Herat Province
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