Abdul Satar Sirat

Abdul Satar Sirat (/ˈɑːbdəl səˈtɑːr ˈsiːrɑːt/ ⓘ AHB-dəl sə-TAR SEE-raht, Pashto: عبدالستار سيرت; born October 15, 1937) is an Islamic Scholar and former Afghan Justice Minister, as well as Deputy Prime Minister.

Satar Sirat served as the Dean of Faculty of Islamic Studies at Kabul University from 1965 to 1967.

In 1969, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Afghanistan until King Zahir Shah was deposed in 1973.

[2] In 1990, he was sent by Shah to Saudi Arabia and Islamabad, Pakistan for discussions on how to end the Afghan conflict.

In 2000, Sirat lived in Jedda, Saudi Arabia and taught Islamic Studies at the King Abdulaziz University.