Anwar ul Haq Ahady wurde am 12. August 1951 in Sarobi bei Kabul geboren . Er besuchte die Grundschule in Kabul, Qara Bagh und Tagau. Das Abitur machte er 1969 an dem Habibia Gymnasium in Kabul. Nach dem Abitur nahm er zuerst das Jurastudium an der Universität Kabul auf.. Dann nahm er ein Stipendium von USAID für das Studium der Wirtschaft- und Politikwissenschaften an der amerikanischen Universität bei Beirut in Anspruch. Mit dem Erwerb von BA schloss er 1974 sein Wirtschaft- und Politikstudium in Beirut ab. 1977 erwarb er von der gleichen Universität den akademischen Grad M.A. für internationale Beziehungen. 1983 erhielt er den akademischen Grad MBA von der Northwestern University in Chicago. 1984 bekam er von der gleichen Universität den Dr.phil in Politikwissenschaft.

Published in AFGHAN, Organ of National Ressistence, Kabul, July 2003

Dear Ahadi,
You have been interviewed a lot during the last few months about the economic matters of Afghanistan. I would therefore like to devote this interview to a political discussion.

Q. Afghanistan is again in a critical moment of the history. What would you consider as a big threat and danger for Afghanistan?

A. Let me first of all congratulate you the resumption of the Afghan newspaper.
I think the big danger for Afghans is that they should not loos the opportunity. Nations get such chances not very often throughout their histories. Some nations are making the most of it but others just waste it. After the 28th April coup till up to last year, Afghanistan was so physically, politically, economically, and socially destroyed that without the assistance of the United Nations, it would have extremely been difficult for Afghans to rehabilitate the country. Our internal resources are not enough for the governmental, economical and social rehabilitation of the war torn country. When the Russian military forces withdrew from Afghanistan 15 years ago, Afghans got the chance to start rehabilitation through a political resolution of the crisis. Unfortunately that chance has been lost.

Now we have this chance once again and also foreign aids are pouring into the country, but if we were not able to establish a just and strong government, there is the danger the opportunity to slip out of our hands once more.

Q. Can you specify which issues have major role in the danger you have just mentioned?

A. I think security in general and capital - other provinces relations in particular.
Security is the first condition for governance. Of course security has internal and external dimensions. For the people of Afghanistan to feel safe against internal as well as external threats, the creation of a national, professional, and non-political defence and security forces is a must. Despite the fact that the government is now concerned about the creation of such a national police and national army for the last few months, no considerable progress has yet been made. In absence of security, the progress in other fields is slow and not sure.

Q. Can you shed some light to the phrases national police and national army?

A. From national police and national army I mean that all Afghan nationals should be given equal opportunity on the basis of clear professional and logical norms without any ethnic, lingual, religious, or regional discrimination to compete for participation in police and army.

Q. About the internal security of the country, has the relation of the capital with the provinces created a problem?

A. Most of the provinces obey the commands issued from the capital, but the disobedience of other provinces creates internal security problems in some countries some tasks are handed over to provincial authorities and the government does not interfere in those affairs, but the governments everywhere must be in control of all important issues. When the provincial authorities do not obey the central government in major issues as military, judicial, and finance, the situation threatens the internal security of the country.

Q. Some people are proposing federation system about the relation of the capital with the provinces. What is your point of view in this regard?

A. All proposals that I have up to now about the federation system heard have ethnic basis. The pro-federations want to appoint a region to every big ethnic group as Pashtoon, Uzbak, Tajik and Hazara which would be independent in most affairs and the central government will have limited influence on them. I think ethnically based federation system is a very dangerous idea and could severely damage the national unity and finally lead to disintegration of Afghanistan.

Q. Can you give me what more explanation about national unity?

A. Before national unity, I must about national feelings. National feeling is giving preference to loyalty to the national identity to all others i.e. social ties as tribe race, religion, region or profession. On the basis of this national feeling, humans supreme loyalty to his nation and country is formed. The national unity is than directly proportion to the percentage of such national with high national feelings.

Q. What is a big danger to weakening the national unity in Afghanistan at present?

A. At present, tribal federalism is a big danger to national unity. And also ethnic discrimination can badly hard the national unity. The extents of the appointments to the governmental posts and financial affairs not on the base of merits but on the base of tribe, region, ethnic, religion, or groups is then indirectly proportional to the strength of national unity. In a national society, the legal equality of the whole people is a must. When some people are treated superior or above the law on what every reason the national unity is harmed.