Name Sayed Ali | Education Kabul University | |
Sayed Hussein Ali Bamyani (born 18 December 1951), was the 1st Afghanistan's Young Justice Party leader (anti-Taliban), and he was leader of the Hazara tribe in Bamyan. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2006 in Kabul.
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Early life
Bamyani was born on 18 December 1951 in Bamyan City in Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Fars of the Hazara tribe. He studied engineering at Kabul University. His father, Sayed Ali Husseini, served as the Deputy Speaker of the Foreign Minister during the 1960s. His grandfather, Sayed Khan Agha, had served in the 1919 Afghanistan's war of independence and as the police chief. Bamyani's family were strong supporters of Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan.
Early career
In 1996, the Taliban seized power in Kabul with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. In 1996, Bamyani started his activism against the Taliban and Mujahideen in Iran. In 2001, Bamyani went to Turkey and started his activism against the Mujahedin in Turkey. In 2005, he came back to Afghanistan, and started his activism against the Taliban in Kabul. In 2006, he joined the United National Front, whose leader was former President of Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani. In 2006-2007 (1384) Bamyani was gunned down in his home in the city of Kabul.
Personal
Bamyani was married to Eliana Morel, who was working as a journalist in Afghanistan during the war (she was from France.) They have one daughter (Belda, born in 1980) and one son (Yama, born in 1986.) He was the first man who wanted to create a church in Afghanistan in 2008. The Afghan government refused.