Abdul Baqi Baryal
Abdul Baqi Baryal
came to serve to represent Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of its National Legislature, in 2005.
Abdul Baqi Baryal is a member of the Pashtun
ethnic group.
He was injured by a rocket during the
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,
losing a leg and his vision.
He was a refugee in Pakistan until 2002.
He founded an organization for the disabled
when he lived in Pakistan.
He is a poet, and the editor of the magazine Bright Heart.
