User:Sayed Jamal Sadaat/sandbox

Nazar Mohammad Motmayeen

Nazar Mohammad Motmayeen (نظر محمد مطمین in Pashto & Dari) is a prominent Afghan writer, journalist & political analyst based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Motmayeen appears on Afghan & international Radio & TV channels, expressing free & open comments & remarks, particularly about the ongoing Afghan peace process with the armed opponent groups. Meanwhile, Motmayeen attends some of the hot & controversial radio & TV shows.

Contents

1-	Early Life 2-	Education 3-	Tasks 4-	Political affiliations & relationships 5-	Books & Articles – still un-printed 6-	Reference & sources

Early Life

Nazar Mohammad Motmayen was born in 1973 to a very humble & naïve Muslim parents at Zarghon village, Nad Ali district, Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.

Education

The family of Nazar Mohammad Motmayeen was forced to flee out of the country in to neighboring Pakistan, shortly after the communists took power following a military coup. Panjpai refugee camp in Baluchistan, Pakistan was the right place for many Afghan IDPs, including Motmayeen, to settle down.

Motmayeen started to seek his initial education at martyred Khatak preliminary school. He then continued his elementary studies at Habib ur Rahman school located at Abdullah Bin Massoud school. Nazar Mohmmad Motmayeen was able to successfully graduate from Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani high school in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Back in 1992, Motmayeen passed the university entry exam & was able to get enrolled in to the civil engineering faculty of Nangarhar University, but he never studied there until he was officially shifted in to the civil engineering faculty of Kabul University & was able to finish his higher education by late 1998.

Motmayeen also chose to get some Islamic education while in Pakistan & that was precisely when Afghanistan was still ruled by the Communist Party. He personally endured the costs of his random Islamic studies. Motmayeen requested Mullah Abdus Salam Abed to teach him the holy Quran & Tafseer.

Tasks

Motmayeen did not only seek higher education, but he was willing to get undertake certain tasks as well. In 1996, he was appointed as the director for Radio & TV Station of Nagarhar province. In 1997, Motmayeen was appointed as the manager for Kabul General Library & at the same time, he run the national archive administration as well. Meanwhile, he worked as the chief editor of Ketab magazine in Kabul as well. In 1998, Motmayeen was appointed as the manager of Baihaqi General Library in Kabul.

It was in 1999, when Motmayeen decided to step down officially. Back in 2000, he decided to inaugurate the Almotmayeen English LanguageTraining Center in Helmand province. Shortly after that, Motmayeen was appointed as the head of information & culture directory in Helmand. Meanwhile during that time, Motmayeen opened the Solgar Computer Training Center. In 2002,

Mr. Motmayeen started working with a number of NGOs, particularly those involved in the reconstruction of schools & mini hospitals.

In 2005, Motmayeen joint UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services) in Kandahar, but he was later shifted to continue working at UNOPS Kabul office until his resignation in back 2009.

Political Affiliations & Relationships

When Motmayeen was busy studying at school & college, his family developed steady ties with Hezb e Islami Party led by Mr. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. It is to worth mentioning that Motmayeen received most of his education at schools run & operated by Hezb e Islami in Peshawar, Pakistan. Albeit Motmayeen was continuing to go to college, but he still undertook a number of tasks at the ministry of information & culture in Kabul during the government of Taliban.

Following the events of 9/11 & the subsequent US-NATO invasion of Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime, Motmayeen continued to work with a couple of NGOs operating in the fields of engineering & construction. Motmayeen was able to meet a number of civil societies & political parties while he was physically present in Kabul, but it was during the recent times when Motmayeen joint the ongoing peace efforts to compromise with the Afghan armed groups. Motmayeen has attended many peace conferences, bringing together delegates of Taliban & Hezb e Islamic, with the most key ones held in Kyoto, Japan in 2011 & 2012.

Motmayeen attended the peace conferences of Islamabad, Istanbul & Warsaw, which were held to settle peace & tranquility in Afghanistan.

Nazar Mohamamad Motmayeen is currently living & based in Kabul, Afghanistan. He serves & works for the coordination of genuine peace efforts with the Taliban & other warring factions.

Books & Articles – Still un-printed

1-	A glimpse to the governments of Mujahedeen, Communists, Taliban & Hamid Karzai 2-	The Afghan Jihadists & Stalemate of Succession Planning 3-	A collection of Political Articles 4-	A collection of Social Articles 5-	A collection of Analytic Articles

References & Sources

Haqiqat Newsletter