Dr. Mohammad Amin
Wakman
Dr. Mohammed Amin Wakman is the son of
Brigadier Mia Sahib Khan a freedom fighter of
Afghanistan independence from the British rule
in 1919. He was born
in Maydan province of Afghanistan in
November 1, 1939. He completed his primary education in Maydan and
secondary education in the High School of Business and Commerce in Kabul. For a
while he worked with the United Nations mission
in Kabul. He graduated in 1964 from the
faculty of Journalism of Kabul University.
He
served as a reservist in the Afghan Army
in 1965, and took part
in he establishment of he Afghan Social
Democratic Party popularly known as "Afghan Mellat".
In 1966 he served as
Chief of Protocol in the
Ministry of Information and Culture. He was
posted as broadcaster of Pashto Service of Radio Ankara,
Turkey. On his return to Afghanistan he was assigned as
Director, Information and Culture
of Jauzjan province and Editor
of "Dewa" daily newspaper.
Later he was transferred
to All India Radio as Pashto broadcaster. After the
communist coup in April 1978. He resigned
from the Afghan
government. While the party was in exile in
Peshawar he was
elected Secretary General of
the Afghan Social Democratic Party. In
1986 he went to Mecca
for Haj pilgrimage. He has traveled
more than thirty countries to find a solution for
the just cause of the Afghan people.
He took part in the World
Congress of the Social Democratic Parties
in 1980, 1984 and 1988 in Spain
and Portuga l and in 1992 in
Berlin, Germany and in
1997 in New York, USA.
He holds M.A.,
M.Phil and Ph.D from Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, India in political
science, diplomatic studies and international affairs. He
is the author of three books: Social Democracy,
Afghanistan At
the Crossroads, Afghanistan, Non-Alignment and the Super
Powers. He has written more than six hundred editorials and
articles in Pashto, Farsi and English.
In the party congress in 1987
in Peshawar Dr. Wakman was elected as Chairman of the party.
He was re-elected to the position in mid-term election in
1989. In the 4th general congress of
he party Dr. Amin Wakmanwas elected Honorary
Chairman and Director of International
Affairs of he party.
He is working with Voice of America
as writer and broadcaster in Washington.
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