Career
He has served as a longtime spokesman for Jamiat-e Islami in Afghanistan, and was appointed Secretary General of the organization. In May 2005, prior to Afghanistan's first post-Taliban elections for its national legislature, the Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Councils, the Pak Tribune, quoted Faqiri discussing his party forming alliances with other parties with a mujahedin background, including the Daawat-i-Islami. He has also worked as a diplomat in Australia.
In June 2010, a special Loya Jirga to seek the opinions of Afghanistan's elders was convened on the best way to bring peace.
Faqiri was one of representatives from Lagham Province. He spoke in favor of a reconciliation with the Taliban.
Faqiri, an ethnic Pashtun, was born to Faqir Mohammad Khan in Laghman Province during the rule of King Mohammed Zahir Shah. As an adolescent and young adult, he worked for the Nahzat-e Islami, a young Afghans movement.
In Afghanistan, he earned a degree in Persian Literature from the University of Kabul, an Master of Arts in Political Science from Peshawar University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Persian Literature from Ferdawsi University in Iran.
He speaks fluent Pashto, Dari, English, and Urdu. The ACKU Library Catalog lists three papers in Dari written by an individual named Mohammad Nasim Faqiri. According to the catalog, two of those papers are associated with two different "corporate bodies".
The 1983 paper is associated with the Itehad-e-Islami Mujahideen Afghanistan.
The 1988 paper is associated with the Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan.