Rona Tarin
Rona Tarin (; born 1971) is an Afghan politician and women's rights activist. Life 
Tarin was born in Dand District to Haji Fida Mohammad in 1971. She is Pashtun. Tarin completed a bachelor's degree in Kandahar. She is a women's rights activist. Tarin was a candidate for the House of the People in 2005 and 2010 but was not elected. From 2007 to 2010, Tarin was the provincial director for the Ministry of Women's Affairs' office in Kandahar Province after her predecessor, Safia Amajan, was murdered. In May 2010, fearing for her safety as several other Kandahar female activist and government officials had been killed including Malalai Kakar and Sitara Achakzai, Tarin ran for parliament in Kabul. She was appointed as member of the House of Elders in 2011 and 2018. References

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Living people
1971 births
Politicians of Kandahar Province
Members of the House of Elders (Afghanistan)
21st-century Afghan politicians
Women government ministers of Afghanistan
Pashtun women
Pashtun women politicians
Pashtun politicians
Pashtun women's rights activists