Abdul Baqi Baryal was an Afghan legislator. He came to serve to represent Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of its National Legislature, in 2005.[1] Abdul Baqi 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 disabled people when he lived in Pakistan. He is a poet, and the editor of the magazine Bright Heart.
Abdul Baqi Baryal | |
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| Nationality | Afghan |
| Occupation | legislator |
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- ^ "Province: Ghazni" (PDF). Navy Postgraduate School. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-11.
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