Karim Khalili: Difference between revisions

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'''Karim Khalili''' ({{lang-fa|کریم خلیلی}}; born 1950) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the [[Hezbe Wahdat#The_Political_Fragmentation_of_Hezb-e_Wahdat|Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan]] party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/12/afghan-shia-leader-in-pakistan-after-killings-of-miners|last=Hashim|first=Asad|title=Afghan Shia leader in Pakistan after killings of Hazara miners|date=2021-01-12|publisher=Aljazeera|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019.<ref name=appointment>{{Cite web|url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan/ghani-appoints-khalili-hpc-chief-eve-peace-meeting|title=Ghani Appoints Khalili As HPC Chief On Eve Of Peace Meeting|date=n.d.|website=TOLOnews|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> He was selected as a candidate for [[Vice President of Afghanistan|Second Vice President of Afghanistan]] in 2002 by [[Hamid Karzai]]; they were elected in 2004 and left office in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15331-2004Jul26.html|title=Karzai Replaces Top Deputy On Ticket|date=2004-07-27|last=Richburg|first=Keith B.|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> Since 1989, he has also been one of the main leaders of the [[Hezbe Wahdat|Wahdat political party]] of [[Hazara people|Hazara]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/after_the_taleban/k_khalili.stm|title=Karim Khalili (Hazara)|date=n.d.|publisher=BBC|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref>

==Biography Early life ==

Khalili was born in the [[Maidan Wardak Province]] of Afghanistan in 1950 as either Muhammad Karim Khalili or Abdul Karim Khalili<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2002/09/30/conference-disabled-opens-kabul|title=Conference on the disabled opens in Kabul|date=2002-09-30|publisher=The New Humanitarian|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref><ref name=appointment/><ref>{{cite book|author=Central Intelligence Agency|title=The CIA World Factbook 2010|url={{Google books|pqanFyF6nI0C|page=2|plainurl=yes}}|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/26/international/asia/afghan-leader-enters-presidential-race.html|last=Gall|first=Carlotta|title=Afghan Leader Enters Presidential Race|date=2004-07-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> and isbelongs ofto [[Hazara people|Hazara]] descentethnic group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-islamabad-islamic-state-group-immigration-ff5ff5d5d8fc1159bd0f0ab59a3a15e6|last=Gannon|first=Kathy|title=Afghan Shiite leader in Pakistan after killings of miners|date=2021-01-12|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nader|first1=Alireza|last2=Scotten|first2=Ali G.|last3=Rahmani|first3=Ahmad Idrees|last4=Stewart|first4=Robert|last5=Mahnad|first5=Leila|date=2014|title=Iran's Influence in Afghanistan: Implications for the U.S. drawdown|publisher=Book Publishers|page=6|chapter=Chapter 2: Iran and Afghanistan: A Complicated Relationship|jstor=10.7249/j.ctt1287mjf.8|chapter-url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt1287mjf.8}}</ref> He attended religious schools during his childhood and moved to [[Kabul]] in 1970 to continue his education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afghanembassy.com.pl/eng/aktualnosci/ambasada/2-uncategorised/35-second-vicepresident-karim-khalili|title=SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, KARIM KHALILI|date=n.d.|publisher=Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Warsaw|access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref> He participated in the Afghanistan resistance during [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet invasion]]. He also served as [[Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan)|Minister of Finance of Afghanistan]] during the [[Mujahideen]] government in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adamec|first=Ludwig W|title=Historical dictionary of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies|url={{Google books|xyW-uxh7m5gC|page=195|plainurl=yes}}|page=195}}</ref>

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