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12 Facts About Ghairat Baheer

1.

Ghairat Baheer is a citizen of Afghanistan who served as a Senator in the House of Elders of Afghanistan.

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Ghairat Baheer is the Chairman of the Political Committee of Hezbi Islami in Afghanistan.

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Ghairat Baheer was held by American forces in extrajudicial detention for over six years.

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Ghairat Baheer spent the rest of his detention in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility in Afghanistan.

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In 2010, Ghairat Baheer was a member of the Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin peace delegation to peace talks.

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Ghairat Baheer said they were fed an inadequate quantity of food, and he lost 40 kilograms, and he still hadn't fully recovered his strength.

7.

David Loyn, of the BBC News, quoting sources close to new President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, reported that Ghairat Baheer had been offered a position in his new cabinet.

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8.

On June 14,2018, Ghairat Baheer addressed 180 members of the Hezbi Islami Party, who had just been released from prison, following the peace negotiations he had helped lead.

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Ghairat Baheer urged the men, on behalf of the party, to be peaceful, law-abiding citizens.

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Ghairat Baheer was sworn in as a Senator and a member of the House of Elders on September 16,2018.

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Ghairat Baheer was selected for the senate as part of the one third members that the President is entitled to appoint.

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Ghairat Baheer is currently the Chairman of the Political Committee of Hezbi Islami in Afghanistan.