Haji Muhammad Muhaqiq
Afghan politician
Haji Muhammad Mohaqiq (Hazaragi/Dari: حاجی محمد محقق; born 26 July 1955 in Balkh) is an Afghan politician who served as a member of the Afghanistan Parliament. He is also the founder and chairman of the People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan. During the 1980s, he served with the mujahideen rebel forces fighting against the Soviet-backed Afghan government during the Soviet-Afghan War. After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union in 1989, Mohaqiq was appointed as the leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat for northern Afghanistan.
Early years
Muhammad Mohaqiq son of Sarwar, was born in 1955 and hails from Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh Province. He is an ethnic Hazara. He holds a bachelor's degree in Islamic studies from Iran. Mohaqiq speaks Persian, Uzbek and Arabic. He has been involved in Mujahideen activities after the April 1978 Saur Revolution.
Political career
During the Afghan civil war in the early 1990s, he was regarded as a prominent leader fighting for his Hazara people.
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