He was born in 1963 in the Abbas Qala area of the Baraki Barak district, in the Logar Province of Afghanistan.[2] He is the son of Pacha Khan[2] and is an ethnic Pashtun of the Stanikzai subtribe. He studied political science in Afghanistan,[2] gaining a master's degree. He can speak English, Urdu, Pashto and Dari.[2]