Fariba Ahmadi Kakar

Fariba Ahmadi Kakar فریبا احمدی کاکر
Member of the House of the People from Kandahar Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
In office 2010–2018
In office 2005–2010
Personal details
Born	Fariba 1965 Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghanistan
Occupation	legislator
Ethnicity	Pashtun

Fariba Ahmadi Kakar (Persian: فریبا احمدی کاکر) was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.[1] Born in 1965 in Kandahar,[2] a report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated she was a "self-educated teacher" and a member of the Pashtun ethnic group. She sits on the Communications Committee. In August 2013, while travelling with her children in Gazni, Afghanistan, she was kidnapped by the Taliban who demanded the release of four Taliban prisoners in exchange for the release of Mrs Kakar.[3] On 8 September 2013, she was freed in return for the release of several family members of Taliban fighters held in captivity.[4]

References

1. "Profile: Kandahar Profile" (PDF). Navy Postgraduate School. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
2. "Kakar, Mrs Fabiba Ahmadi". www.afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
3. "Afghanistan: MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar abducted in Ghazni". BBC News. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
4. "Afghan MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar freed by the Taliban". BBC News. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.