Born in Kabul. After completing his basic and secondary education in Afghanistan, he managed to avoid conscription into the communist army by briefly serving in a local police unit. Thanks to excellent academic results, he received a government scholarship to study abroad and arrived in Czechoslovakia in 1985. Although he initially aimed to study economics, he was placed in an agricultural program. He first completed a Czech language course in Dobruška and then enrolled at the Institute of Tropics and Subtropics at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague.
After graduating as an agricultural engineer, Nadri stayed in the Czech Republic and became involved in business. In 1992, he co-founded a boutique and wholesale shop selling Turkish leather and textiles in Prague’s Dejvice. Over the years, he also ran a university club and a popular pub, employing many foreign students and supporting the immigrant community.
In 2005, he founded the Czech-Afghan Chamber of Commerce to promote economic cooperation between the two countries. He organized a business forum at the Czech Senate that brought Afghan ministers and Czech officials together and resulted in several agreements, including a contract for the delivery of Czech helicopters to Afghanistan and training programs for Afghan military personnel. Despite administrative challenges, including a legal dispute over rental fees at the Senate, he continued his work through a restructured Czech-Slovak-Afghan Chamber.
Throughout his life, Nadri has maintained strong ties with Afghanistan and made several visits, including a final one in July 2021, just before the Taliban returned to power. He continues to live in Prague with his wife and children, contributing to intercultural dialogue and Czech-Afghan relations.

17+ years in economic development, specializes in Climate Smart Agriculture, Agribusiness, and MSME growth. He excels in capacity building, market assessments, and promoting agricultural technologies.

A Slovak-American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. He is born in 1938 in Čeklís, Slovakia. He starts playing the trumpet at a young age and becomes one of the most important jazz musicians in former Czechoslovakia.

In the 1960s and 70s, he plays with top jazz bands and develops his own unique style, mixing hard bop, fusion, and free jazz. In 1985, he moves to the United States and forms the band Celula New York. He performs around the world and becomes known for his energetic playing and strong personality.

Laco Déczi is famous not only for his music but also for his sharp humor and love for freedom. He continues to inspire fans of jazz in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and beyond.