Abdul Shakoor Rashad (Pashto: عبدالشکور رشاد) (14 November 1921 – 1 December 2004) was an Afghan professor, researcher, and writer.
Professor Rashad besides his native language Pashto spoke fluent Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Russian and English.
But due to the opposition of Governor Abdul Ghani Khan and the officials of that time, his vote box was confiscated by the police from the election bureau.
In this movement the high-profile leaders, writers, activists such as Hasham Maiwandwal (Prime Minister of Afghanistan), Abdul Rauf Benawa, Sadiqullah Reshteen, Faiz Mohammad Angar, Khwakhuzhi Sahib, Abdul Hye Habibi, Noor Mohammad Angar, Bari Jahani, Habibullah Rafi, Gul Pacha Ulfat, Basarki Sahab and others were associated with him.
He wrote several poems and articles critical of the communist regimes during the Soviet occupation and the warlords during the civil war.