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Azra Jafari, the First Female Mayor in Afghanistan

Azra Jafari, the First Female Mayor in Afghanistan

Born in 1978, Nili, Hazaristan

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Recently, fake news is circulating among politicians in different countries that Zarifa Ghafari is the first female mayor in so-called Afghanistan. Zarifa Ghafari was mayor in Maidan Shahr from November 2019 to August 2021. However, a long time before, Hazara activist Azra Jafari was mayor in Nili, Hazaristan, from December 2008 to January 2014.

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So-Called Afghanistan Comprises Diverse Stateless Nations Including the Hazara, Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Pashtun/Afghan, Baloch, and Nuristani With No Single Majority or Shared National Identity.

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