{"id":212,"date":"2026-04-15T22:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:07:04","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-095af10{--display:flex;--flex-direction:column;--container-widget-width:100%;--container-widget-height:initial;--container-widget-flex-grow:0;--container-widget-align-self:initial;--flex-wrap-mobile:wrap;--margin-top:-155px;--margin-bottom:0px;--margin-left:0px;--margin-right:0px;--padding-top:12em;--padding-bottom:7em;--padding-left:0em;--padding-right:0em;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-095af10:not(.elementor-motion-effects-element-type-background), .elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-095af10 > .elementor-motion-effects-container > .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/War-torn-battlefield-under-burning-sky-1-1.png\");background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ed329b6{text-align:center;margin:0px 0px calc(var(--kit-widget-spacing, 0px) + 0px) 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ed329b6 .elementor-heading-title{font-size:50px;font-weight:700;line-height:70px;color:#FFFFFF;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b82e17d > .elementor-container > .elementor-column > .elementor-widget-wrap{align-content:center;align-items:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b82e17d{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:100px 0px 100px 0px;}.elementor-bc-flex-widget .elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252.elementor-column .elementor-widget-wrap{align-items:flex-start;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252.elementor-column.elementor-element[data-element_type=\"column\"] > .elementor-widget-wrap.elementor-element-populated{align-content:flex-start;align-items:flex-start;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252 > .elementor-widget-wrap > .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget__width-auto):not(.elementor-widget__width-initial):not(:last-child):not(.elementor-absolute){--kit-widget-spacing:0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252 > .elementor-element-populated{margin:70px 0px 0px 0px;--e-column-margin-right:0px;--e-column-margin-left:0px;padding:0px 90px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-740172f .elementor-heading-title{font-size:25px;font-weight:600;color:#820900;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-740172f{margin:0px 0px calc(var(--kit-widget-spacing, 0px) + 0px) 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b720c3f .elementor-heading-title{font-family:\"Martel\", Sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b720c3f{margin:16px 0px calc(var(--kit-widget-spacing, 0px) + 0px) 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-e7ef4d9{--divider-border-style:solid;--divider-color:#2E4059;--divider-border-width:3px;margin:0px 0px calc(var(--kit-widget-spacing, 0px) + 0px) 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-e7ef4d9 .elementor-divider-separator{width:60px;margin:0 auto;margin-left:0;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-e7ef4d9 .elementor-divider{text-align:left;padding-block-start:16px;padding-block-end:16px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-d0c4173{font-family:\"Roboto\", Sans-serif;color:#2E2E2E;margin:4px 0px calc(var(--kit-widget-spacing, 0px) + 0px) 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-bc-flex-widget .elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9.elementor-column .elementor-widget-wrap{align-items:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9.elementor-column.elementor-element[data-element_type=\"column\"] > .elementor-widget-wrap.elementor-element-populated{align-content:center;align-items:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9.elementor-column > .elementor-widget-wrap{justify-content:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9 > .elementor-widget-wrap > .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget__width-auto):not(.elementor-widget__width-initial):not(:last-child):not(.elementor-absolute){--kit-widget-spacing:0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9 > .elementor-element-populated{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;--e-column-margin-right:0px;--e-column-margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-467480c img{border-style:solid;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-467480c{margin:0px 0px calc(var(--kit-widget-spacing, 0px) + 0px) 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}:root{--page-title-display:none;}@media(max-width:1024px){.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ed329b6 .elementor-heading-title{font-size:42px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b82e17d{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:120px;padding:0px 60px 0px 60px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252 > .elementor-widget-wrap > .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget__width-auto):not(.elementor-widget__width-initial):not(:last-child):not(.elementor-absolute){--kit-widget-spacing:0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252 > .elementor-element-populated{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;--e-column-margin-right:0px;--e-column-margin-left:0px;padding:0px 30px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9 > .elementor-widget-wrap > .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget__width-auto):not(.elementor-widget__width-initial):not(:last-child):not(.elementor-absolute){--kit-widget-spacing:0px;}}@media(max-width:767px){.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ed329b6{text-align:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ed329b6 .elementor-heading-title{font-size:34px;line-height:1.2em;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b82e17d{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:60px;padding:0px 30px 0px 30px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252{width:100%;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252 > .elementor-widget-wrap > .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget__width-auto):not(.elementor-widget__width-initial):not(:last-child):not(.elementor-absolute){--kit-widget-spacing:0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252 > .elementor-element-populated{margin:30px 0px 0px 0px;--e-column-margin-right:0px;--e-column-margin-left:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-740172f{text-align:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b720c3f{text-align:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b720c3f .elementor-heading-title{font-size:32px;line-height:1.2em;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-e7ef4d9 .elementor-divider{text-align:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-e7ef4d9 .elementor-divider-separator{margin:0 auto;margin-center:0;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-d0c4173{text-align:center;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9{width:100%;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9 > .elementor-widget-wrap > .elementor-widget:not(.elementor-widget__width-auto):not(.elementor-widget__width-initial):not(:last-child):not(.elementor-absolute){--kit-widget-spacing:0px;}}@media(min-width:768px){.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252{width:64%;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9{width:36%;}}@media(max-width:1024px) and (min-width:768px){.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-b3d3252{width:40%;}.elementor-212 .elementor-element.elementor-element-ec8f2d9{width:60%;}}<\/style>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"212\" class=\"elementor elementor-212\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-095af10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"095af10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b82e17d elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b82e17d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3d3252\" data-id=\"b3d3252\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-740172f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"740172f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b720c3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b720c3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nasir Shansab<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7ef4d9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e7ef4d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0c4173 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0c4173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nasir Shansab was Afghanistan\u2019s <span data-teams=\"true\">one of the leading industrialists, <\/span>until he was forced to leave in 1975. Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, he has returned many times seeking to help the Afghan people.<\/p><p>At the beginning of 1975, Nasir Shansab was worried. As the Afghanistan distributor for Toyota, Mercedes, Michelin, Bosch and others, a major contractor for road construction and maintenance and irrigation projects, his company, Shansab Services, had few rivals in size and scope. However, he had received word that old trumped-up charges from the then-deposed king had been revived following some private statements he had made critical of the new government. Even though Shansab harbored no political ambitions, he was clearly being singled out as threat. He would be arrested within hours, he was told, and could face execution.<\/p><p>Using his contacts within and outside of Afghanistan, Shansab and his family were able to flee the country. He settled in Germany, hoping that the situation would change and allow him to return to Afghanistan, but the Soviet invasion in 1979 made that impossible. He instead came to the United States and was granted political asylum in 1980.<br \/>His concern for Afghanistan and its people remained strong.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec8f2d9\" data-id=\"ec8f2d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-467480c animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"467480c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/about-me\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nasir.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-291\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nasir.png 568w, https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nasir-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Author Nasir Shansab Nasir Shansab was Afghanistan\u2019s one of the leading industrialists, until he was forced to leave in 1975. Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, he has returned many times seeking to help the Afghan people. At the beginning of 1975, Nasir Shansab was worried. As the Afghanistan distributor for Toyota, Mercedes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-webprojects.com\/nasir\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}