 He attended primary and secondary schools in Kandahar before coming to Kabul to enter Naderia High School where he became involved in the leftist movement after reading some works of Marx and Lenin.Akram Yari, a leader of the Maoist movement in Afghanistan, was Ahmad's teacher in Naderia High School; he deeply influenced Ahmad.Yari was leader of Progressive Youth Organization (PYO), a Maoist organization which was formed on October 6, 1965.