Abdul Bagi Baryal

Abdul Bagi Baryal came to serve to represent Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of its National Legislature, in 2005. Abdul Bagi Baryal is a member of the Pashtun ethnic group. He was injured by a rocket during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, losing a leg and his vision. He was a refugee in Pakistan until 2002. He founded an organization for the disabled when he lived in Pakistan. He is a poet, and the editor of a magazine called "Bright Heart".