Baktash siawash biography of abraham
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Baktash siawash biography of abraham
Youngest MPs reject Afghan ‘old guard’
| Young Aghans want the same youth-led movements as those in the Middle East – but lack the security to make their voices heard in public [GALLO/GETTY] |
Baktash Siawash has had to hear one phrase more than any other during his career: “We won’t speak to him.
He’s just a young boy.”
Siawash is 25 years old and the youngest member of the Afghan parliament – and as both a politician and a former journalist for Afghanistan’s most popular TV station, he has found many who are unwilling to accept him on account of his youthfulness.
“I may be young, but my intelligence is no less than [that of] anyone else,” he tells Al Jazeera.
Statistically, young people account for the clear majority of the Afghan population.
However, an amalgamation of historical and cultural forces – 30 years of conflict, traditional Afghan family structures, massive illiteracy, and rampant corruption in the Afghan government – have left many of Siawash’s peers feel