{"id":843001,"date":"2026-03-22T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/843001\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:59:15","slug":"afghan-woman-elected-to-frankfurt-city-council-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/843001\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Woman Elected to Frankfurt City Council in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Kabul Tribune (KT) \u2014 An Afghan woman, Hosai Andar, has&#13;<br \/>\nbeen elected to the Frankfurt City Council in Germany, joining one of the&#13;<br \/>\ncity\u2019s key municipal decision-making bodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to reports, Andar secured a seat on the council,&#13;<br \/>\nwhich plays a central role in shaping policies related to legislation,&#13;<br \/>\ninfrastructure development, finance and social services in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulated her in a&#13;<br \/>\nmessage, describing the achievement as a result of her effort, perseverance and&#13;<br \/>\nmerit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In recent years, the presence of Afghans in European&#13;<br \/>\ncountries has grown, particularly in social and political spheres. Afghan&#13;<br \/>\nwomen, in particular, have increasingly taken on more prominent roles in&#13;<br \/>\ndecision-making structures in their host countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Previously, another German-Afghan woman, Mehria Ashofteh,&#13;<br \/>\nwas elected to the Hamburg state parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Frankfurt City Council is considered one of the most&#13;<br \/>\nimportant governing bodies in the city, responsible for key decisions affecting&#13;<br \/>\nurban development and public services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kabul Tribune (KT) \u2014 An Afghan woman, Hosai Andar, has&#13; been elected to the Frankfurt City Council&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[241111,195836,2000,299,1824,241110,241109],"class_list":{"0":"post-843001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-afghan-news","9":"tag-afghanistan-news","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-kabul-tribune","14":"tag-kt"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116273424916044212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}