Background
Zyar was born in 1937 Mazeena Rod of Laghman, Afghanistan.
Zyar was born in 1937 Mazeena Rod of Laghman, Afghanistan.
He completed his primary school in a local school and graduated from a high school in Kabul.
After graduating from high school, Mujawer Ahmad was admitted to the Faculty of Language and Literature of Kabul University in 1959. He graduated 3 years later and started working in the same faculty. In 1966, he went to Bern, Switzerland where he completed his Masters Degree from University of Bern.
From 1984 to 1986, Zyar taught as a guest professor at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
From 1994 to 1996, he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Peshawar, Peshawar in Pashto Department. Zyar is the author of over 36 books (including dictionaries).