Afghan Biographies

Nazari, Wahid Dr.


Name Nazari, Wahid Dr.
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth 1953
Function/Grade Ex RTA Director General
History and Biodata

1.Former Director General RTA:
Dr. Wahid Nazari was appointed as DG of Radio/TV Radio/Television Afghanistan (RTA) subordinate to Minister for Information and Culture (20070711)

Deputy Director General:
Jalal Mahmoodi (20110829, 20121215)

3. Biodata:
Abdul Wahid s/o Mohammad Amin Nazari was born in 1953 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He completed his high school from Rahman Baba High School in Kabul. In 1993, Abdul Wahid was admitted in the Faculty of Law and Political science at Kabul University. A year later he received a scholarship to Bulgaria where he studied Cinema and Television. In 1982 he received a PhD and returned back to Afghanistan.

Soon after returning to Afghanistan in 1982, he started working as a TV director and than a movie director. In the meantime, he was appointed as the director of Afghan films and a professor at the Faculty of Arts in Kabul University. In 2005 he was appointed as the head of Ariana Television and later the head of Shamshad Television.

Wahid Nazari speaks Dari and Russian.

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