Editing Abdul Shakoor Rashad (section)

== POLITICAL BELIEfs ==


Professor Rashad believed that all tribes of Afghan Society must get united instead of separation of tribalism. He strongly believed that Afghan must stay an Afghan and worked hard for National Unity of Afghan dignity, which unfortunately some or even most of the Afghan�s society so-called leaders encourages the tribal values among Afghans and Professor Rashad rejected this national division of the Great Afghan Society. That is why his political theory had never been welcomed by those Afghans who believe in separation of Afghan Nation.

POLITICAL ENDEAVOR

In (1946) he was appointed as Director of Kandahar City Selection Committee and in (1947) he became Deputy Mayor of Kandahar City.

In (1952) he was elected as a representative of ""Weesh Zalmian"" 3 (awaken youth) party from Kandahar Province to the parliament. Weesh Zalmian was the first party based on democratic principles in Afghanistan history. But due to the opposition of Governor Abdul Ghani Khan and the officials of that time, his vote box was confiscated by the police from the election bureau.

Professor Rashad became a member of Weesh Zalmian while he was (26). Even during Jihad (The Holy War) against Russians (27/12/1979 � 15/02/1989) and Civil War in Afghanistan, he always stayed in Kabul. He wrote some poems and articles critical of the puppet regime4His poems and articles were published by alias names for security reasons in unrelated and independent newspapers in California, Norway, Germany, India, Peshawar, Karachi, and other places. His poems and articles were also published in Kabul until 1992 (when Mujahedeen groups took control of Kabul and the civil war broke out), which symbolically condemned the puppet regime and encouraged the freedom movement in Afghanistan.
During the Taliban regime in a gathering, which was held to condemn the Russian invasion of Afghanistan he clearly stated that ""I was a Weesh Zalmai and I am still and I will be. This party (Weesh Zalmian) is the first party, which encouraged the democratic values in Afghanistan"" and shortly right after this statement, he left the gathering.
From his poetry and articles we can judge that he spent his life in opposition with the governmental officials because he could have never accepted unfairness and atrocities in his country. He also could not bear the invasion and occupation, and installation of puppet regimes, which were always controlled by the outside countries. He had always been a reformist and in favor of moderate policies. He revealed his opposition in public while he felt no serious danger and has stated his opposition in secret in an oppressed situation. That is why he was consistently under surveillance and watched and even threatened.