Saleh Mohammad Registani

Saleh Mohammad Registani (born 1963[1] is a Persian author and Afghan politician from Panjsher.[2] He is an ethnic Tajik. During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Registani joined Ahmad Shah Massoud's forces. In the late 1990s he was appointed as the military attaché of the ousted-Rabbani government to Dushanbe, Tajkistan. After the fall of the Taliban, he was appointed as the military attache to Moscow, Russia, where he served till 2004.

During the parliamentary elections of 2005, he was elected as the only male representative of the Panjsher province to Afghanistan's House of Representatives or Wolesi Jirga, where he has been serving till now.

He is the author of at least one book in the Persian language Massoud: Shaheed Raahe Sulh wa Azadi.

References

  1. ↑ Salih Mohammad Registani: Biography, retrieved 9 October 2016
  2. ↑ "Minority leaders leaving Karzai's side over leader's overtures to insurgents". The Washington Post. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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