Amir Zai Sangeen, son of Amir Gul Shah Khail, was born in the Urgoon District of Paktika Province. He completed his primary education in Urgoon and secondary education in Gardez and graduated from the Communication Training Center.

In 1972, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications from Southern London University of the UK. He started his professional career as a teacher in the Communication Training Center and from 1978 to 1980 and later served as the director of that center.

In 1980, he migrated to Sweden and became one of the founding members of Swedish Committee in Afghanistan.
He actively participated in the development of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, which has had an outstanding role in promoting education, agriculture and health throughout the past 25 years in Afghanistan. Mr. Sangeen was employed in the communications sector in Sweden and served as a team member of the communication project of Shah Khalid in Saudi Arabia.

After 2001, H.E. Mr. Sangeen repatriated to Afghanistan. He has held training seminars for the engineers of the Ministry of Communication and Afghan Wireless Company. He was the leader of the Supervising Committee of the GSM license, and a Senior Advisor to the Minister of Communication from February 2003 till his appointment.

Mr. Sangeen was appointed as the Director of Afghan TeleCom in July 2004 and had an effective role in formation of the company, approval of the statute, and follow up of the communications projects. He was also in charge of creating a structure for Afghan TeleCom and interconnection where he developed new procedures in this field.




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