Dr. Ramazan Bashardost: Our Leaders Push Their People Over the Cliff Huffington Post: Unveiling Afghanistan campaign - Armanshahr OPENASIA/FIDH Dr Ramazan Bashardost is a specialist in the politics of Afghanistan, with a wealth of academic qualifications and experience in Afghan politics and diplomacy. He fled Afghanistan following the 1978 coup détat, migrating first to Iran, then to Pakistan, and subsequently to France. He studied law and political science in France, followed by a first masters degree in political science and a second degree in diplomacy. His doctoral thesis, which he completed in 1995, is entitled War and Diplomacy: War in Afghanistan and Diplomacy of the US, Soviet Union, Iran and Pakistan. After returning to Afghanistan in 2002, Bashardost was appointed Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was involved in the creation of the Ministrys Strategic Studies Centre. Subsequently, he was appointed Minister of Planning, but resigned soon thereafter under significant government pressure because of his critical stance on aid agencies in Afghanistan. He stood for presidential election in 2009 and finished in third place. He has served two terms as a Member of Parliament. huffingtonpost/unveiling-afghanistan/dr-ramazan-bashardost-our_b_4979581.html
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