Before his appointment as Governor of Kandahar, he lived for 13 years in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. He obtained his PhD from the University of British Columbia in Canada. His thesis was "The Afghan Agricultural Extension System: Impact of the Soviet Occupation and Prospects for the Future".
From 1995 to 1998, he worked for the Asian Studies Center and the Center for Policy Studies in Education at the University of British Columbia.[citation needed]
As a student, lecturer and researcher, Dr. Wesa has been associated with 10 universities worldwide and has published 20 articles including text books.[citation needed]
In addition to his career as an academic, Dr. Wesa has worked as a consultant for the Canadian Government (Statistics Canada), the US Government (USAID), British Government (DFID), the United Nations (FAO and UNDP) and several NGOs (including the SENLIS Council).[citation needed]
Return to Afghanistan
Wesa was chosen by PresidentHamid Karzai to serve as Governor of Kandahar. Prior to that he was Chancellor of Kandahar University.
Dr. Wesa is fluent in English, Persian, German, Arabic, and his native Pashto language. His immediate family includes a wife and three daughters, one of which is a lawyer and the other an economist. His wife, Rangina, is a gynecologist, training midwives.[1]
Assassination attempts
Wesa has survived a number of assassination attempts in Afghanistan.
He narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on 27 November 2009 when a roadside bomb damaged his vehicle.[2]
On 28 April 2012, two Taliban suicide bombers again unsuccessfully tried to kill him.[3]
References
^ a b c"In Afghanistan, governor of Kandahar defies Taliban, death threats, to stay on in his job". Fox News. December 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
^CBC News, Kandahar governor unhurt in assassination attempt [1], November 27, 2009
^New York Times, Afghan Official Survives Attack by Insurgents
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