ENG - Sayed Jalal (full name Sayed Jalal Karim; Farsi:سید جلال)is an Afghan entrepreneur, international activist, and currently a candidate in the Afghan presidential election, 2009.
Early life
As a child in Kabul, born to Pashtun parents, Sayed Jalal was known in Afghanistan and abroad for his prodigious skills in mathematics. At the age of 9, Jalal came to the United States where he interviewed with several top American colleges, including Columbia University. However, Jalal was not able to attend college in the U.S., because Hafizullah Amin demanded his return to Afghanistan and then forced to him and his father to move to Russia. There, Jalal attended Moscow University where he was the youngest student ever.
After leaving Russia, Jalal and his father took refuge in Pakistan ...
KABUL (AFP) — The Afghan government said Wednesday it would provide 20 policemen to protect each candidate in August presidential elections amid concerns about attacks by Taliban militants.Forty-four men and women have signed up to run in the election and a final list of candidates is due to be announced on June 12 after a process of public scrutiny."Once the list of the candidates is finalised, each candidate will be provided with 20 police as bodyguards," interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP.His comment came after one candidate, Sayed Jalal Karim, complained to ...
pibi - in poll Sayed Jalal Sayed Jalal, a former child prodigy famous across the country for brokering talks between Iran and the Taliban around a decade ago, plans to run for the presidency in August 20 elections on a promise of bringing peace through diplomacy. Setting a timeframe for foreign troops to leave Afghan soil would allow him to convince the Taliban to lay down their arms and join the government he wants to lead, Jalal said.
Jalal said his success as a mediator puts him in a strong position to win over militants, but only with an expiry date on the foreign military presence in Afghanistan. "We do need the ...
