This book is a narrative of the past fifty years of Afghanistan, from the republic of Mohammad Daoud, through the turbulent times of Noor Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin, Babrak Karmal, Dr. Najibullah, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Mullah Omar, Hamid Karzai, and Ashraf Ghani.
By reading Para Hay Paywasta, you don't walk into royal courts; you walk shoulder-to-shoulder with the people through the alleys and backstreets of history. From remote villages and hamlets to the heart of large cities, you encounter a narrator who tells you about life, not from above, but from the depths of lived experience.
It tells stories of people's resistance, including unheard tales of Ahmad Shah Massoud that you won't find in other books. It speaks of peace and war in Kabul, the National Unity Government, and the collapse of a system built with the sacrifice of thousands. The book offers deep, thoughtful narratives from both eras of the Taliban's authoritarian rule.
Rahmatullah Begana was born in 1961 in the Bazarak district of Panjshir province, Afghanistan. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kabul, graduating from Habibia High School. He then pursued Islamic studies at the Arabic Darul Uloom of Kabul and earned his bachelor's degree in Islamic Law from the Faculty of Sharia at the University of Islamic Studies. In 2020, he received his master's degree in International Relations from Afghanistan University.Following a brief tenure at the Ministry of Justice, he joined Afghanistan National Radio and Television and held key media positions, including Director of Islamic Education Programming and Head of Educational Broadcasting. During the resistance against the Taliban, he worked as a journalist in Panjshir and was a close associate of Ahmad Shah Massoud. After the fall of the Taliban, he played a leading role in founding and developing educational media institutions, including establishing "Amozgar Radio" in Kabul in 2009, which operated for ten years.His book "Para Hay Paywasta" (Connected Pieces) is a reflection of half a century of Afghanistan's recent history, written in a simple and honest style.
