Kabir Stori

Kabir Stori
کبیر ستوری
Dr. Kabir Stori in his hometown of Khas Kunar
Chairperson of Pashtoons Social Democratic Party
In office
February 1981 – April 2006
Vice PresidentAli Khan Masood, Qoudus Tander, Mohammad Shirin Gerdeawal
Succeeded byAli Khan Masood
Personal details
Born
Abdul Kabir Stori

(1942-04-06)6 April 1942
Khas Kunar, Kunar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died4 April 2006(2006-04-04) (aged 63)
Wesseling, Germany
Resting placeKhas Kunar, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
34°38′23″N 70°52′27″E / 34.63977°N 70.87424°E / 34.63977; 70.87424
CitizenshipGerman-Afghan
Political party Pashtoons Social Democratic Party
RelationsShahmahmood Miakhel, Rasul Amin, Mir Zaman Khan
Children7
ParentLal Mohammad Khan
EducationPsychology, Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy (Doctorate in Natural Sciences)
Alma materUniversity of Frankfurt, University of Cologne, University of Marburg
OccupationPoet, Writer, Political Activist
Known forPashtun Nationalism, Poetry, Founding the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party
Signature
WebsiteOfficial Website

Kabir Stori (6 April 1942 – 4 April 2006) (Pashto: کبیر ستوری) was a Pashtun nationalist, poet, and writer from Kunar Province of Afghanistan. He was chairman of the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, a political party that he founded, until his death.[1]

Early life

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Stori was born on 6 April 1942 in Khas Kunar, a village in Kunar Province of Afghanistan. Stori was Mirdadkhel, from the Yousafzai tribe.[2][3]

His primary education was from a government elementary school in Khas Kunar; later he joined the Rahman Baba Lycee in Kabul to further his education. He was selected by the Afghan government due to very good school performance to study in Germany.

Kabir studied psychology with political science, sociology, and philosophy from the universities of Frankfurt, Cologne, and Marburg, attaining a doctorate in natural sciences (Diplom Psychologist, Dr. rer. nat.).[4][5]

Political activities

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In 1966 Stori joined as a member of the Afghan Students Association in Frankfurt. He also served as joint founder of the General Union of Afghan Students in 1972 and the National Liberation Union of Pashtuns and Balochs in Frankfurt in 1976. He worked for the Deutsche Welle in 1973 as an announcer/editor and helped to build the Pashto Service.[6]

He founded the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party (PSDP) in February 1981 in Germany and was the first elected chairman. [7][8]

Kabir Stori refused several offers from Mohammad Najibullah and Hamid Karzai to join the Afghan government but denied both on political grounds.[9]

He also served on the editorial boards of various magazines including: [10]

  • Sparghai (1972) (monthly) published by the 'General Union of Afghan Students',
  • Olas Ghag (1976) published by the 'National Liberation Union of Pashtoons and Baluchs',
  • Peer Rokhan (1978) (monthly),
  • Lamba (1985) (monthly),
  • De Khyber Wagma (1986) (monthly) published in Germany and
  • Pashtoonkhwa (1978) published by Social Democratic Party - Germany.

He played a pivotal role in

  • De Pakhtano Kulturi Tolana - Germany (Pashtoon Cultural Association) in 1985,
  • Pakhtoon Kor - Germany (1993) and
  • the Pakhtoonkhwa Pohanay Dera (1998) (The Pashtoonkhwa Home of Science) in Peshawar and in the year 2003 the Pakhto Adabi Hunari Tolana in Kunar.

Arrest and Political Imprisonment

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On January 16, 1983, Afghan citizen Kabir Stori was arrested in Pakistan while visiting his family in Peshawar. The reason for his arrest was attributed to his endangerment of Pakistan's security through his advocacy for a united Pashtunistan, reflecting the political tensions and suppression of dissenting voices under the regime of General Zia-ul-Haq.

Amnesty International received reports of Stori being subjected to torture. He spent approximately one and a half years in various prisons in Peshawar due to his nationalist ideals for Afghans.[11][12] His plight came to the attention of leading political and diplomatic circles in the Federal Republic of Germany through the Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany). The RFFU took steps to secure his release, and Hermann Schreiber, editor of the magazine, published a report on Stori's case in GEO magazine on August 11, 1983. Stori's detention was a result of his advocacy for the Pashtun cause and his opposition to the dictatorial government.[13]

Creation of the PSDP

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The Pashtoons Social Democratic Party (PSDP) is distinctively known as the first organization[14] of its kind to operate branches across Europe, as well as in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Moreover, it is the only party to this day that represents and accepts Pashtuns from both countries, be it Afghanistan or Pakistan.[15]

The initial constitution of the PSDP was collaboratively penned by Dr. Kabir Stori, Ali Khan Masood, Liaqat Watanpal, and Qoudus Tandar.[16]

Manzoor Pashteen, a notable figure in Pashtun activism, maintained a close relationship with the current chairman, Ali Khan Masood, who is also his grandfather. This relationship greatly influenced Pashteen's political actions, most notably the founding of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). [17]

Literary works

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Shamshad TV documentation from 11 February 2020 about Stori his life

Stori’s poems are mostly about patriotism. [18]

His poem collections include

  • Skarwatta (Embers): An Anthology of Poems,(1976, published together with another Afghan Poet, Germany)
  • Jwandi Khyaloona (Alive Thoughts), (1997, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department, Peshawar Pakistan)
  • De Qalam Tora (Sword of the Pen), (1999, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • Sandareez Paigham (Message by the songs), (2002, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • Khwagi Misrai (Sweetest Verses), (2006, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • Kulyaat, (2007, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)

Stori's poetry

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Stori wrote a collection of poetry's, the most famous verse he wrote was about his love for Pashto:[19][20]

The gravestone with flowers

ساھ مې واخله خو پښــتو رانه وا نه اخلې

Sa me wakhla kho Pashto rana wa nakhle

Take my breath but don't take my Pashto

زهء پښــتون یم په پښـتو باندې پتمن یم

Sa Pashtun yem pa Pakhto bande Patman yem

I'm Pashtun, respected by Pashto

كه زما ستوري په قبر چېرې راشې

Ka sama Stori pa kaber chera rashe

If you come to Stori's grave

پهء پښتو راته دعا كړه، پرې مېن يم

Pa Pashto rata dawa wakra par mayen yem

Pray for me in Pashto because I'm in love with it

Research works

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His psychological works include[21]

  • Wira (Fear): theories, measurement and therapy of fear, (1985,1990 Germany; 2001, Peshawar Pakistan, printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • De Wire Tala (Psychology), (1992, Germany)
  • De Hukhyartia Tala (Intelligence-Test), (2000, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • Zabsapohana (Language Psychology), (2000, Designed and printed by Danish Culture Association; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • De Hokhyartia Kulturi be Palawa Tala (Kulturfairer Intelligenz-Test (C-I- T)) in three languages (Pashtu, English and German), (2004, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)
  • De Pedaikhti Banno De Hokhyartia Tala (Naturformen des Intelligenztests (N-I-T), in three languages (Pashtu, English and German), (2004, Designed and printed by KOR, Publications Department; Publisher: The Pakhtoonkhwa Home of Science, Peshawar/Pakistan)

Death and tributes

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Picture of the entry of the Lycée
Tomb in Khas Kunar

Stori suffered a heart attack and died on 4 April 2006 at 05:32 AM[22] in Wesseling, Germany. He was buried in his native graveyard in Khas Kunar, Afghanistan.

On the 7th anniversary of his death, the school in his hometown was renamed from "Khas Kunar Lycee" to "Dr. Kabir Stori Lycee" by the government from Afghanistan. [23]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ ستوری, کبیر (1386). د ستوري کلیات. پېښړر: د پښتونخواه د پوهنې دېره،.
  2. ^ "Dr. Kabir Stori Lycee in Khas Kunar". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Yousufzai / Yusufzai tribe". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Jwand Leek (English)".
  5. ^ "eBook - Kabir Stori".
  6. ^ "د میرزا ماما (ډاکتر کبیر ستوري) په یاد | Pajhwok Afghan News". www.pajhwok.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. ^ "ارواښاد ډاکتر کبیر ستوری د (PSDP ) پخواني مشر او بنسټ ايښودونکی". Pashtoonkhwa Magazine.
  8. ^ "Delegierter verlässt UNO-Konferenz: Paschtunen fordern stärkere Rolle im Friedensprozess". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  9. ^ Yunas, S. Fida (1997). Political parties, groups, associations and movements.
  10. ^ "BBCPashto.com | خبرونه | په جرمني کې د ډاکتر کبير ستوري د درېيم تلين ياد غونډه جوړه شوه". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  11. ^ stori (26 December 2023). "Biography of Dr. Kabir Stori". Dr. Kabir Stori | ډاكتر كبير ستوري (in Pashto). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  12. ^ "BBCPashto.com | خبرونه | په جرمني کې د ډاکتر کبير ستوري د درېيم تلين ياد غونډه جوړه شوه". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  13. ^ بسمل, محمد امين. "د‌‌‌‌‌‌ ډاکتر کبیر ستوري دلسم تلین په یاد". Tolafghan (in Pashto). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  14. ^ د ارواښاد ډاکټر کبير ستورى ژوندى يادونه (in Pashto). Da Puṣhtūnkhwā da Pohane Derah. 2008.
  15. ^ Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan's Political Parties and where they come from (1902-2006)
  16. ^ "کبیر ستوری مړ نه دی (د ستوري د۱۲تلین په یاد/ لیاقت وطنپال". DawatMedia24. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Anti-War Advocate Accused of Terrorism in Pakistan, Inspiring Global Protests". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  18. ^ ارین, حکمت. "ډاکټر کبير ستوری". www.spogmairadio.af. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  19. ^ "کبیر ستوری په یاد". wasiweb (in Pashto). 10 March 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  20. ^ Chater, Patricia. (2012). Hidden treasure : a memoir. Hastings, Ann. Harare [Zimbabwe]: Weaver Press. ISBN 978-1-77922-206-0. OCLC 802977094.
  21. ^ TV, Enikass Radio. "د ډاکټر کبیر ستوري په شاعري کي د مور بي بي ستاینه". Enikass Radio | انعکاس راډیو (in Pashto). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  22. ^ د ډاکتر کبیر ستوري مبارزه او محبوبیت د پښتون او افغان قوم په منځ کې / Past Memories (Ter Yadoona) EP10 - Part 03, retrieved 15 February 2020
  23. ^ "StoriMojala YauolasamaGana".
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