Kakar, Mohammad Hassan was born in 1928 in Diwa, Laghman, Afghanistan.
Bachelor, Kabul (Afghanistan) University, 1957. Master of Philosophy, London University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1975. Visiting fellow Center Middle Eastern Studies, U. Princeton, 1971-1973; Visiting fellow Center Middle Eastern Studies, U. Harvard, 1973-1976;
Member, editor journal, Pashto Academy, 1957-1961; associate professor department history, Kabul U., 1968-1971; professor, department chairman history, Kabul U., 1982-1986; professor, Kabul U., 1987; staff, county member, Writers Union Free Afghanistan, Peshawar, 1988-1989; fellow East-West Center, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1989-1990; instructor, University of California, San Diego, since 1990. Presenter various conferences and seminars. Assistant director United States Information Service Library., Kabul, 1952-1953. Certified, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany, 1988. Chair and a Founding Member of the Movement for a Representative Government in Afghanistan (1996)
Freelance journalist, researcher, lecturer, broadcaster in Persian and Pashto for British Broadcasting Corporation, 1965-1968.
