Mohammad Daud Miraki

Mohammad Daud Miraki
Mohammad Daud Miraki
Born	January 23, 1967; Kabul, Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghan
Citizenship	Afghanistan
Occupation(s)	Professor, Writer & Political Activist
Website	http://www.drmirakiforpresident.com ; http://www.afghanistanafterdemocracy.com

Mohammed Daud Miraki (

Pashto

: محمد داؤد ميره کی) is an Afghan activist, writer and politician.

Early life

Daud Miraki was born on January 23, 1967, in

Maidan Wardak province. Daud Miraki was only 5 years old when his father, General Ghulam Sediq Miraki, was appointed the Intelligence Chief of south and south-western Afghanistan, stationed in Kandahar. He along with his family moved back to Kabul, where they stayed for few years. Escaping the soviet occupation in 1982, Daud and his family took refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan. Afterward he moved to Germany in 1983 where he stayed for a year. In 1984, Daud along with his family moved to Chicago, United States.^[2]

Education

Daud Miraki studied up to grade 6 in an elementary school in Kandahar. After completing grading 6 in Kandahar, his family moved back to Kabul where he completed grade 7 and 8. He completed grade 9 at Syed Jamaludin Afghan High School, Peshawar. He received his high school diploma from Senn High School in Chicago, in May, 1986.[2]

Daud was admitted at the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he started to study biology. However, he changed his major to Political Science because of his desires to contribute to the betterment of Afghanistan. In 1992, he graduated with a BA in political science.^[2]

Daud Miraki received two master's degree.

Middle Eastern Studies, specialization in Conflict Resolution, which he received in 1996. In 2000, he completed his PhD in Public Policy Analysis.^[2]

Work life

Daud Miraki taught management and policy courses at the Chicago State University for over three years.[2]

He started a non-for-profit organization, Afghan DU & Recovery Fund^[4] to raise awareness and funds to initiate some DU cleanup projects, relocate villagers from bombed villages, and provide clean water and other basic sustenance for the poor people of Afghanistan.^[5]

Academic work

Daud Miraki has written several reports, journals and a book.

Afghanistan after Democracy ^[6]
The Anatomy Of America's Defeat In Afghanistan (April 2010) The Anatomy Of America's Defeat In Afghanistan By Mohammed Daud Miraki, MA, MA, PhD

Political views

Daud Miraki is known to be an ultra nationalist Afghan and most of his election goals were focused on giving the ethnic Pashtuns and the Pashto language more rights.

Baluchistan Provinces of Pakistan with Afghanistan).^[8]

Mirakai is also a staunch criticizer of the NATO forces and their actions/policies in Afghanistan.[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Archived copy" (PDF). www.uraniumweaponsconference.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Welcome - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies - Naval Postgraduate School". www.nps.edu.
^ "Info". www.parliament-square.org.uk.
^ "Archived copy". www.unep.org. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Afghanistan After Democracy". Archived from the original on February 19, 2007.
^ "Archived copy". larawbar.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[uwc-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Archived copy" (PDF). www.uraniumweaponsconference.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Welcome - Program for Culture and Conflict Studies - Naval Postgraduate School". www.nps.edu.

[4] "Info". www.parliament-square.org.uk.

[5] "Archived copy". www.unep.org. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Afghanistan After Democracy". Archived from the original on February 19, 2007.

[8] "Archived copy". larawbar.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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