Keywords: Qazi Abdul Hai Khadem.jpg Qazi Abdul Hai Khadem “ Senator Qazi Abdul Hai Khadem son of Murtaza was born in 1956 in the village of Deh Surkh in Kohistanat district of Sar-e Pul province He completed his primary education at the Hemat Primary School of Kohistanat in 1971 and his secondary education at Abu Hanifa School in Kabul in 1977 He was admitted to the Islamic law Faculty of Kabul University in 1978 Following the Communist coup in 1979 he fled to Pakistan where lived until 1981 As part of his religious duties he re-entered Afghanistan in 1981 to join the armed resistance against the Soviets He was subsequently captured by the Soviet puppet government and spent a year in the Sherpur Temporary Jail and at the Directorate of National Security He was released in 1982 and again headed to the front lines in Jawzjan and Saripul provinces He served in the Kohistanat front line until 1992 From 1992 to 1994 he served as the chief of staff in the 26th Jihadi Division in Saripul In 1994 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by then-President Ustad Rabbani In 2006 President Karzai awarded him with a Medal of Honor for Jihad and Resistance Sen Qazi Khadem speaks Dari and Pashto and some Arabic He traveled to Pakistan in 1978 and 1981 Saudi Arabia in 1981 and 1982 and Iran in 2004 He was indirectly elected to the Meshrano Jirga as a temporary senator He is married and has twelve children http //www nps edu/programs/ccs/SariPul/SariPul_Exec_Sum pdf 2010-06-01 Naval Postgraduate School PD-USGov-Military-Navy Photos published by the Navy Postgraduate School Politicians of Sar-e Pol Province Meshrano Jirga representatives Brigadier generals |