Native name کبیر ستوری Cause of death Heart attack Title Dr.rer.net | Nationality Afghan Name Kabir Stori Ethnicity Pashtun Role Poet | |
Full Name Abdul Kabir Stori Resting place Khas Kunar District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan | ||
Arwakhad dr kabir stori saib
Kabir Stori (6 April 1942 - 4 April 2006) (Pashto: کبیر ستوری) was a Pashtun nationalist, poet and writer from Kunar Province of Afghanistan. He was chairman of the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, a political party that he founded, until his death.
Contents
- Arwakhad dr kabir stori saib
- Pa zrre ki pashto song nazia iqbal poetry kabir stori
- Early life
- Political activities
- Prison stay
- Literary works
- Research works
- Death and tributes
- References
Pa zrre ki pashto song nazia iqbal poetry kabir stori
Early life
Stori was born on 6 April 1942 in Khas Kunar, a village in Kunar Province of Afghanistan. Stori was Mirdadkhel, from the Yousafzai tribe. His primary education was from a government elementary school in Khas Kunar; later he joined the Rahman Baba Lycee in Kabul to further his education. He was selected by the Afghan government to study in Germany. He studied psychology with political science, sociology and philosophy from the universities of Frankfurt, Cologne and Marburg, attaining a doctorate in natural sciences (Diplom-Psychologe, Dr.rer.nat).
Political activities
In 1966 Stori founded the Afghan Students Association in Frankfurt, serving as its chairman. He also served as chairman of the General Union of Afghan Students in 1972 and the National Liberation Union of Pashtuns and Balochs in Frankfurt in 1976. He worked for the Voice of Germany in 1973 as an announcer/editor in the Pashto service. He founded the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party (PSDP) in February 1981 in Germany and was first elected chairman.
Kabir Stori refused several offers from Mohammad Najibullah and Hamid Karzai to join the Afghan government.
He also served on the editorial boards of various magazines including:
He played a pivotal role in
Prison stay
Afghan national Kabir Stori was arrested on 16. January 1983 in Pakistan while visiting his family in Peshawar. Kabir Stori was reportedly arrested for endangering the security of Pakistan. Amnesty International received reports that he had been tortured. Stori spent one and a half years in various Peshawar prisons because of his Pashtun nationalist ideals.
Leading political and diplomatic circles in the Federal Republic of Germany learnt of his fate through Voice of Germany. The RFFU took steps to secure his release. Hermann Schreiber, the magazine's editor, published in GEO (magazine) on 11 August 1983 a report on Stori's case.
Literary works
Stori’s poems are mostly about patriotism. His poem collections include
Research works
His psychological works include
Death and tributes
After serving his language and the cause of Pashtuns for several years, Stori suffered a heart attack and died on 4 April 2006 in Wesseling, Germany. He is survived by his wife, five sons and two daughters. He was buried in his native graveyard in Khas Kunar, Afghanistan.
On the 7th anniversary of his death, the school in his hometown was renamed from "Khas Kunar Lycee" to "Dr. Kabir Stori Lycee".