[1] He completed his secondary education was at the Rahman Baba High School of Kabul in 1970.
[1] He earned a bachelor's degree at the Agriculture Higher Studies Institute in 1975.
He worked on a joint project of Kunar forestry department and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization from 1975 to 1978.
In 1990, after the Soviets left Afghanistan, he moved to the USA, where he lived until 2006.
In 2006 the Islamic Freedom Front changed its name to the Justice and Development Party of Afghanistan.