Abdul Bagi Baryal
came to serve to represent Ghazni Province

Ghazni Province

Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Babur records in his Babur-Nama that Ghazni is also known as Zabulistan It is in the east of the country. Its capital is Ghazni City...

 in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

's Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of its National Legislature, in 2005.
Abdul Bagi Baryal is a member of the Pashtun

Pashtun people

Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

ethnic group.
He was injured by a rocket during the
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,
losing a leg and his vision.
He was a refugee in Pakistan until 2002.
He founded an organization for the disabled
when he lived in Pakistan.
He is a poet, and the editor of a magazine
called "Bright Heart".