Anarkali Kaur Honaryar

Anarkali Kaur Honaryar is a Sikh Afghan politician.

There were only about 30,000 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan, Anarkali Kaur Honaryar is one of them. She is the first non-Muslim member of National Assembly of Afghanistan.

Career When the Taliban was ousted in 2001, Honaryar studied medicine at the Kabul University. She has been a member of the Loya Jirga which chose Afghanistan's interim government after the fall of the Taliban regime, and also an Afghan Constitution Committee member.

Awards and honors Honaryar is a well-known human rights activist "for her work helping women who suffer from domestic abuse, forced marriages and gender discrimination and for her commitment to promote the ideals of human dignity, human rights, mutual respect and tolerance in her country." Honaryar was also chosen by Radio Free Europe's Afghan chapter as person of the year in 2009.