Shahla Ata, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shahla Ata

Afghan politician

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1959

Place of Birth: Kabul, Afghanistan

Date of Death: 12-Mar-2015

Profession: politician

Nationality: Pakistan, Afghanistan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Shahla Ata (October 20, 1959 – March 12, 2015) was an Afghan politician, congresswoman and one of two female candidates during Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential election. She told DiManno she and her family lived for 18 years in the United States. The Contender Biography published by Pajhwok Afghan News has her living in the United States from 1990 to1 1994, and living in Pakistan for the remainder of the period 1986 to 2001, where she administered relief to other Afghan expatriates. David Williams, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, in 2005, when she first ran for Afghanistan's National Assembly, said her husband had been killed in factional fighting. Rosie DiManno, writing in the Toronto Star during her presidential campaign, wrote that Ata was the target of a smear campaign alleging the murder of her husband as well as one of her daughters.
Ata pointed out to Dimanno that all five of her daughters were still alive.
According to DiManno, Ata's husband died in the US in 1992 of natural causes.
Dismissing the murder claims, Ata declared: "So, I'm alleged to have killed my husband and my daughter, then I ran back to Afghanistan to avoid American justice? This is what they write in the newspapers.
I wish we had a functioning court system so I could sue." All five of Ata's daughters live currently in the United States.