MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR CONVENING EMERGENCY LOYA JIRGA

Source UN, Kabul.

(Resident = Where the person was living last time)

Qasimyar, Ismael, Mr.
Chairman
Lawyer, expert in constitutional law
Qizilbash (Heart)
Resident of Teheran
 _________

Hoquqmal, Mahbooba, Mrs.
Vice Chair
Professor of Law & Political Science in the University of Kabul and in the Afghan University in Peshawar.
Tajik
Resident of Peshawar
 _________

Abdul Aziz, Al-Haj, Mr.
Vice Chair
Professor; Dean of the Sharia Faculty of Kabul University
Pashtun (Laghman)
Resident of Kabul
 _________

Ahang, Mohammed Kazim, Mr.
Head of the Relations Committee
Head of the Faculty of Journalism in the University of Kabul; worked with NGOs under the Taliban
Tajik
Resident of Kabul
 _________

Ameer Mohammed Essa, Mr.
Commission Member
Teacher, 25 years experience in education; known as mediator between different Hazara groups and between Pashtun Kuchi and Hazara
Hazara
Resident of Yakawlang; Bamiyan
 _________

Borgai, Mohammed Taher, Mr.
Head of the Drafting Committee
PhD Germany in Law and science; lecturer Kabul University; former head of law-making Dep’t, Min of Justice, worked with HR NGOs.
Pashtun Ahmedzai
Resident of Kabul
 _________

Jabbarkhel, Hajji Zaher Khan, Mr.
Commission Member
Previously director of Nasir Bagh refugee camp, near Peshawar
Pashtun Kuchi
Resident of Peshawar
 _________

Hamidi, Mohammed Farid, Mr.
Commission Member
Lecturer in Law and Political Science, anti-Taliban student leader
Pashtun (Ningrahar)
Resdient of Kabul
 _________

Kamal, Enayatullah, Mr.
Commission Member
Lecturer in the Sharia Faculty, Kabul University; 
Uzbek (Faryab)
Resident of Kabul
 _________

Karkin, Nur Mohammed, Mr.
Commission Member
Former civil servant in Northern Afghanistan and prominent intellectual figure
Turkmen
Resident of Ashkhabad
 _________

Mudaber, Dr. Sadiq, Mr.
Commission Member
Former Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, known as mediator between different Shia factions
Hazara (Wardak)
Resident of Parwan
 _________

Mujahed, Prof. Sayed Amin, Mr.
Commission Member
Professor of History in the University of Kabul; member of the Academy of Science
Sayed Pashtun
Resident of Kabul
 _________

Nematy, Humaira, Mrs.
Commission Member
Professor of Law in Balkh University (Mazar-i Sharif)
Tajik
Resident Mazar-i Sharif/Quetta
 _________

Nidai, Prof. Mohammed Mahfooz, Mr.
Head of the Criteria Committee
Professor of Geology and Mining in Kabul University, Deputy Head of the Academy of Science
Sayed Pashtun
Resident ofKabul
 _________

Parlika, Soraya, Ms
Commission Member
Prominent women’s rights activist and Former Head of the Afghan Red Crescent
Pashtun
Resident ifKabul
 _________

Rahimy, Abdul Salam, Mr.
Commission Member
Director of the NGO Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (CHA)
Pashtun
Resident of Peshawar
 _________

Sayed Massoud, Ustad / Mr.
Commission Member
Master in Economics; civil servant under Rabbani and Taliban
Sayed
Resident of Islamabad
 _________

Sebghatullah Sanjar, Colonel
Commission Member
Young former military officer, anti-taliban underground activist
Tajik
Resident of Herat

 _________

Seljuki, Rashid, Mr.
Commission Member
Religious figure in Herat; worked with Islamic Cultural Shura during the Jihad; responsible for the Afghan mosque in Virginia, USA
Tajik
Lives in USA
 _________

Tawana, Dr Sayed Musa, Mr.
Commission Member
Known as one of the founders of the Islamist movement in Afghanistan; former Prof. of Theology at Kabul University; teacher of Rabbani
Tajik fromTakhar
Resident of Kabul
 _________

Wolwaliji, Assadullah, Mr.
Commission Member
Graduate from Military University; historian, leading intellectual and prolific writer
Uzbek Mazar-i Sharif


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