Kabir Stori | |
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Native name | کبیر ستوری |
Born |
Abdul Kabir Stori April 6, 1942 Khas Kunar, Kunar Province, Afghanistan |
Died | April 4, 2006 Wesseling, Germany |
(aged 63)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Resting place | Khas Kunar, Kunar Province, Afghanistan |
Nationality | Afghan |
Citizenship | German |
Title | Dr.rer.net |
Political party | Pashtoons Social Democratic Party |
Children | 7 |
Kabir Stori (6 April 1942 - 4 April 2006) (Pashto: کبیر ستوری) was a Pashtun nationalist, poet and writer from Kunar Province of Afghanistan. He was chairman of the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, a political party that he founded, until his death.
Stori was born on 6 April 1942 in Khas Kunar, a village in Kunar Province of Afghanistan. Stori was Mirdadkhel, from the Yousafzai tribe. His primary education was from a government elementary school in Khas Kunar; later he joined the Rahman Baba Lycee in Kabul to further his education. He was selected by the Afghan government to study in Germany. He studied psychology with political science, sociology and philosophy from the universities of Frankfurt, Cologne and Marburg, attaining a doctorate in natural sciences (Diplom-Psychologe, Dr.rer.nat).
In 1966 Stori founded the Afghan Students Association in Frankfurt, serving as its chairman. He also served as chairman of the General Union of Afghan Students in 1972 and the National Liberation Union of Pashtuns and Balochs in Frankfurt in 1976. He worked for the Voice of Germany in 1973 as an announcer/editor in the Pashto service. He founded the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party (PSDP) in February 1981 in Germany and was first elected chairman.
Kabir Stori refused several offers from Mohammad Najibullah and Hamid Karzai to join the Afghan government.