Hafizullah Khaled
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Hafizullah Khaled is an Afghan Austrian humanitarian,Peace activist, writer and founder of the Help Afghan School Children Organization
Help Afghan School Children Organization
Help Afghan School Children Organization is a Vienna-based non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the promotion of education of Afghan disadvantaged children...

 (HASCO) based in Vienna
Vienna
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 (Austria
Austria
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).

HASCO is a not-for-profit, non-political Organization dedicated to assist Afghan new returnees and displaced families send their children into school. Mr.Hafizullah Khaled has devoted himself to spread the message of Peace and assist the vulnerable children of 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...

. During last seven years Mr. Khaled has travelled several times to different part of 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...

 in order to assist orphans and disadvantaged children and promote education of Afghan children.

Mr. Khaled has numerous articles and poems in both Afghan Official languages (Pashto and Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

). His poems spread the message of peace among Afghans and defend the rights of disadvantaged children, some of his poems such as “Children the flowers of our garden” (Pashto poem),”Curse on war” ای جنګ لعنتی (Persian poem),"Why this continued war?" چرا این جنگ بی پایان (Persian poem),"My dream" زما ارمان (Pashto poem) have appeared on several Afghan web sites and publications.

Mr. Khaled received his Licentiate's degree in Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 and Political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 from Kabul University
Kabul University
Kabul University is located in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. It was founded in 1931 but officially opened for classes in 1932. Kabul University is currently attended by approximately 7,000 students, of which 1,700 are women. As of 2008, Hamidullah Amin is the chancellor of the university...

 and worked as Liaison Officer to UNGAMAP and OSGAP with Mr. Benon Sevan Team in late 1980s. Mr.Benon Sevan was a special envoy of United Nation Secretary General in Afghanistan. He was assigned to transfer power peacefully to a neutral interim government in Afghanistan. Mr.Benon Sevan’s peace plan was blocked in the last days of its implementation.

In July 2007 Mr.Hafizullah Khaled was appointed as "Person Of the Month" by University-Community Partnership for Social Action Research Network for his role in assisting Afghan poor children and promoting education in Afghanistan. Other personalities including Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's,...

 from Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, Muhammad Yunus Khan from Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 and Dr.Wangari Maathai werealso appointed as "Person Of the Month" by University
University
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-Community Partnership for Social Action ResearchNetwork.

On the eve of International day of Peace, in September 2009 Mr.Hafizullah Khaled has published a collection of his poems “The Message of Peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...

” most of the poems and articles in this book devoted to promote Peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...

 and stability in war-torn 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...

.The proceeds from the sale of the book will be spent to promote education of Afghan children and assist Afghan orphans and needy school children.

Mr.Khaled has written his monograph about military expenditures in the world where he explained the need for reducing huge military expenditures and spending these resources for social and economic development such as building schools for children, health facilities and supplying drinking water for poor people all over the world.

In recent years Hafizullah Khaled has aligned with many different Afghanistan-related organizations for the betterment of the Afghan people. His focus is mainly on children’s right
Children's rights movement
The Children's Rights Movement is a historical and modern movement committed to the acknowledgment, expansion, and/or regression of the rights of children around the world...

, welfare and establishing peaceful nations.

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