Shahla Atta
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Shahla Atta is an Afghan
politician, who was a candidate during Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential election.
She told DiManno she and her family lived for 18 years in the United States
.
The Contender Biography published by Pajhwok Afghan News
has her living in the United States from 1990 to1 1994, and living in Pakistan for the remainder of the period 1986 to 2001, where she administered relief to other Afghan expatriates.
She is related to a former President of Afghanistan
, Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan.
Ata is a widow.
David Williams, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, in 2005, when she first ran for Afghanistan's National Assembly, said her husband had been killed in factional fighting.
Rosie DiManno, writing in the Toronto Star
during her Presidential campaign, wrote that her husband died in the United States in 2002.
DiManno wrote that Ata was the target of the innuendo that she murdered her husband and one of her daughters.
Ata pointed out to Dimanno that all five of her daughters were still alive. According to DiManno Ata's husband died in the USA in 1992 of natural causes. Atat disputed the murder claim: "So I killed my husband and my daughter and then I ran back to Afghanistan to avoid American justice?This is what they write in the newspapers. I wish we had a functioning court system so I could sue."
Williams wrote that Ata had only three daughters, who were living in the USA. Dimanno wrote that two of the five daughters were medical doctors, and that one was serving in the US military.
Shahla is a registered nurse and a trained psychologist.
She was elected to the Wolesi Jirga, the upper house of the Afghan National Legislature, in 2005, where she represented Kabul
.
She served on the Jirga's commission for counter-narcotics, and its monitoring commission.
She and Frozan Fana
are the only two women candidates in the Afghan presidential election, 2009
.
After Massouda Jalal
came sixth out of eighteen Presidential candidates in 2004 then President Hamid Karzai
appointed her Afghan Women's Affairs Minister.
She has said that if elected she will carry on the policies of her relative, President Mohammed Daoud Khan in the 1970s.
Preliminary voting results place Atta fifteenth in a field of thirty-two.
Atta won 4356 votes.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
politician, who was a candidate during Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential election.
She told DiManno she and her family lived for 18 years in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The Contender Biography published by Pajhwok Afghan News
Pajhwok Afghan News
Pajhwok Afghan News is a news agency established in March 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. It is Afghanistan's largest independent news service, providing broad-based coverage of news in English, Pashto and Dari...
has her living in the United States from 1990 to1 1994, and living in Pakistan for the remainder of the period 1986 to 2001, where she administered relief to other Afghan expatriates.
She is related to a former President of Afghanistan
President of Afghanistan
Afghanistan has only been a republic between 1973 and 1992 and from 2001 onwards. Before 1973, it was a monarchy that was governed by a variety of kings, emirs or shahs...
, Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan.
Ata is a widow.
David Williams, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, in 2005, when she first ran for Afghanistan's National Assembly, said her husband had been killed in factional fighting.
Rosie DiManno, writing in the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
during her Presidential campaign, wrote that her husband died in the United States in 2002.
DiManno wrote that Ata was the target of the innuendo that she murdered her husband and one of her daughters.
Ata pointed out to Dimanno that all five of her daughters were still alive. According to DiManno Ata's husband died in the USA in 1992 of natural causes. Atat disputed the murder claim: "So I killed my husband and my daughter and then I ran back to Afghanistan to avoid American justice?This is what they write in the newspapers. I wish we had a functioning court system so I could sue."
Williams wrote that Ata had only three daughters, who were living in the USA. Dimanno wrote that two of the five daughters were medical doctors, and that one was serving in the US military.
Shahla is a registered nurse and a trained psychologist.
She was elected to the Wolesi Jirga, the upper house of the Afghan National Legislature, in 2005, where she represented Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
.
She served on the Jirga's commission for counter-narcotics, and its monitoring commission.
She and Frozan Fana
Frozan Fana
Frozan Fana was a candidate in the Afghan presidential election, 2009.Her running mate was Mohammad Nasim Darmand.She had never held political office before...
are the only two women candidates in the Afghan presidential election, 2009
Afghan presidential election, 2009
The 2009 presidential election in Afghanistan was characterized by lack of security, low voter turnout and widespread ballot stuffing, intimidation, and other electoral fraud....
.
After Massouda Jalal
Massouda Jalal
Massouda Jalal is a politician in Afghanistan, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs from October 2004 to July 2006. She was also the only woman candidate in theAfghan presidential election, 2004...
came sixth out of eighteen Presidential candidates in 2004 then President Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...
appointed her Afghan Women's Affairs Minister.
She has said that if elected she will carry on the policies of her relative, President Mohammed Daoud Khan in the 1970s.
Preliminary voting results place Atta fifteenth in a field of thirty-two.
Atta won 4356 votes.