Early Life
Qari's father, Ahengar Dilbar, was a blacksmith. Qari Ziaur Rahman reports being from Konar Province. He reports that he memorized the entire Koran while a youth.
According to a profile in the Asia Times, he grew up surrounded by Arab foreign fighters during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. According to the Asia Times he is in his thirties.
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