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Firoz Ali Alizada in Dari (فیروز علی علیزاده) is an Afghan (Hazara ethnic). He was born on 15.02.1982 in Shaikh Ali, Parwan province in Afghanistan. He lost his legs by a antipersonnel landmine blast in 1996, since then he has been campaigning against landmines and for his fellows' rights. He works as campaign manager with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Winner in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Alizada has been advocating to ban antipersonnel landmines and other weapons that harm civilians for over a decade. He is co-founder of Afghan Landmine Survivors' Organization and the Community Center for Disabled the two national non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2004. Mr. Alizada has been to tens of countries through his work of campaigning against landmines. His recent speech was about role of civil society in eradication of landmines in Berlin along with Ms. Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mr. Guido Westerwelle Foreign Minister of Germany and the President of ICRC Mr. Peter Maurer