Masood Khalili
Khalili is the son of the famous dari language and Afghan poet laureate, Ustad Khalilullah Khalili.
Completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Political Science in New Delhi University at Kirorimal University, India.
In the war against the Soviets from 1980 to 1990, he was the political head of the Jamiat-i-Islami Party of Afghanistan and close advisor to Commander Ahmad Shah Masood.
In the internal conflict that followed, he chose to be the Special Envoy in Pakistan to President Burhannudin Rabbani. Deported from the same country for his high rank in the Northern Alliance, he went to New Delhi in 1996 as the Ambassador of the Afghanistan (Anti-Taliban) where he stayed for many years. He was non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Nepal at the same time.
On September 9th, 2001, Ambassador Khalili was sitting next to the hero of Afghanistan, Commander Massoud, when two men posing as journalists set off a bomb placed in their camera. Commander Massoud was assassinated and Ambassador Khalili survived. Two days later, Al Qaeda Attacked America.
After a very hard recovery process, he was made the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Turkey and then first Afghan Ambassador to Spain.
Ambassador Khalili has spoken in dozens of conferences around the world, one of which was the National Prayer Breakfast in America where he spoke twice and received standing ovation each time. He is especially proud of speaking in many schools and universities around the world.
Completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Political Science in New Delhi University at Kirorimal University, India.
In the war against the Soviets from 1980 to 1990, he was the political head of the Jamiat-i-Islami Party of Afghanistan and close advisor to Commander Ahmad Shah Masood.
In the internal conflict that followed, he chose to be the Special Envoy in Pakistan to President Burhannudin Rabbani. Deported from the same country for his high rank in the Northern Alliance, he went to New Delhi in 1996 as the Ambassador of the Afghanistan (Anti-Taliban) where he stayed for many years. He was non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Nepal at the same time.
On September 9th, 2001, Ambassador Khalili was sitting next to the hero of Afghanistan, Commander Massoud, when two men posing as journalists set off a bomb placed in their camera. Commander Massoud was assassinated and Ambassador Khalili survived. Two days later, Al Qaeda Attacked America.
After a very hard recovery process, he was made the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Turkey and then first Afghan Ambassador to Spain.
Ambassador Khalili has spoken in dozens of conferences around the world, one of which was the National Prayer Breakfast in America where he spoke twice and received standing ovation each time. He is especially proud of speaking in many schools and universities around the world.
