Gul Haar Jalal
was elected to represent Kandahar Province

Kandahar Province

Kandahar or Qandahar is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in southern Afghanistan, between Helmand, Oruzgan and Zabul provinces. Its capital is the city of Kandahar, which is located on the Arghandab River. The province has a population of nearly...

 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 Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.
A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated she 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, from Nurhar district.
It stated that prior to her election she had been the head of an orphanage.
It stated that she sat on the Disabled and Martyrs Committee.
It stated she was a widow whose husband was assassinated.
It stated that she was a high school graduate, who once traveled to Paris

Paris

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