Faisal Ahmad Shinwari

Faisal Ahmad Shinwari (or Fazal Hadi Shinwari) (1927 – February 21, 2011) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2001 until 2006. He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in accordance with the Afghan Constitution approved after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government. An ethnic Pashtun from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Shinwari died in February 2011 from stroke, he was a member of the Ittehad-al-Islami party.

Personal facts

Faisal Ahmad Shinwari
Alias (AKA)Fazl Hadi Shinwari
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1926
Birth place
Afghanistan , Jalalabad , Nangarhar Province , Shinwar District
Ethnicity
Pashtun people
Religion
Sunni Islam
Citizenship
Afghanistan
cause of death
Stroke
Date of deathFebruary 21, 2011
Place of death
Afghanistan , India
Hometown
Jalalabad
Known for
Chief Justice of Afghanistan

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  1. http://www.hrea.org/lists/huridocs-tech/markup/msg00917.html
  2. http://www.why-war.com/news/2002/08/31/afghansu.html