Ahmad Zia Masood , First Vice President
 Ahmad
Zia Masood was born in Ghazni on May 1, 1956. He completed
his secondary studies at the Lycée Esteqlal. In 1976, he was
admitted to the Kabul Polytechnic Institute, where he
studied for three years. Following the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan in 1979, he traveled with his brother, Ahmad
Shah Masood, to the Panjsher Valley with the first group of
Mujahideen. For the next three years, he fought alongside
his brother in the Panjsher against the Soviet forces. For
the next 12 years, he represented the Panjsher front and
served as the Special Representative of Ahmad Shah Masood in
Pakistan. During this time, he worked closely with other
Mujahideen commanders, international organizations, and
countries that were supporting the Afghan resistance.
In the
late 1990s, Ahmad Zia Masood continued his political and
diplomatic activities, working to raise the profile of
Afghanistan on the international stage, and to call
attention to the horrors of the Taliban. In December, 2002,
he was appointed Ambassador of Afghanistan to the Russian
Federation, a post he maintained until July, 2004, when he
returned to Afghanistan at the request of President Karzai,
and agreed to run in the elections for the position of
Vice-President. He speaks Dari, Pashto, English and some
Russian and French. He is married and has one son and three
daughters. Ahmad Zia Masood was sworn in as First
Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on
December 7, 2004.
Karim Khalili, Second Vice President
 Karim
Khalili was born in Wardak Province, and completed his
secondary studies at a religious school. After the Communist
Coup in 1978, Mr. Khalili decided his place was with those
who were resisting the changes the Communists were trying to
impose on Afghanistan’s culture, religion and people. He
left Kabul, and became active with a resistance group called
Nasr, which aimed to free people from Communist, and later
Soviet, rule. In 1981, Mr. Khalili became the Director of
the Central Office of Nasr in Tehran, and was responsible
for coordinating relations with a number of countries who
were supporting Afghanistan’s struggles. Six years later, he
became a member of the Islamic Coalition Council of
Afghanistan, and later its Speaker. He worked hard to foster
unity among the various Mujahideen groups, and traveled
extensively within the region and elsewhere to advocate on
behalf of the resistance movement.
In 1989, when the National Unity Party (Hezb-e-Wahdat) was
established, Mr. Khalili served as a member of the Central
Council, and for a time, as the Resident Representative and
Spokesperson of the Party in Pakistan. He also served as
Minister of Finance during the Mujahideen Government. In
1994, after the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, Mr. Khalili was
elected leader of the National Unity Party, and led his
people in the struggle against the Taliban. From that time
until 2001, Mr. Khalili continued to rally his people
against the Taliban, and when the opportunity for peace
arose with the Bonn Conference, he embraced the process
enthusiastically. With the beginning of the Interim
Administration, Mr. Khalili halted the activities of the
National Unity Party and dissolved its military branch in
the interests of national unity and peace. He served as
Vice-President of the country under the Transitional
Government. Karim Khalili was sworn in as Second
Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on
December 7, 2004.
Senior Minister:
Hedayat Amin Arsala
 Hedayat Amin Arsala was born in 1942. After receiving his high school
diploma, he continued his education in the field of Economics and pursued his
PhD in the United States.
In 1969, he started his professional career at the World Bank Youth Professional
Program and served at various positions with the World Bank. In 1987, he left
the World Bank and joined the Afghan resistance against the Red Army and served
as Senior Advisor and member of the Afghan Mujahideen Unity Council. He was also
an active member of the resistance against the Red Army until 1989.
From 1989 to 1992, he served as the Minister of Finance of the Transitional
Government of Afghanistan. In 1993, he was appointed as the Foreign Minister of
Afghanistan. Dr. Arsala is one of the pioneers of calling for the Loya Jirga in Afghanistan. In 1998, he was the
member of Executive Council of Afghan Loya Jirga representing the former Afghan King His Majesty
Zaher Shah, the Father of the Nation. He also had a major role in convening the Bonn Conference in
December 2001, which led to the establishment of the Afghan Interim Administration where he served
as a Vice Chairman and the Finance Minister.
After the Emergency Loya Jirga in 2002, he served as the Vice President of the Transitional Islamic
State of Afghanistan, as well as the Chairman of the Independent Civil Services Administrative
Reform Commission. He also served as advisor to the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan, the
Afghan Economical Cooperation Committee, and as a member of the National Security Council of
Afghanistan. He has represented Afghanistan on many official trips outside Afghanistan.
Dr. Arsala is fluent in Pashto, Dari and English.
Minister of Foreign
Affairs: Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta
 Foreign Minister Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta was born in the Karokh district of
Herat Province in 1954. A family of wealthy landowners, his father was elected
to Afghanistan's National Assembly in the 1960s during the reign of King
Mohammad Zaher Shah. Dr. Spanta finished his primary and secondary schooling in
Herat before enrolling at Kabul University, and left for Turkey to advance his
studies in 1976.
After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Dr. Spanta traveled to Iran, joining
Afghanistan's resistance movement and becoming involved in the publication "Sada-ye
Afghanistan" (Voice of Afghanistan). From Iran, he traveled to Pakistan,
continuing his resistance activities there.
Dr. Spanta settled in West Germany in 1982. In 1991, he earned a doctorate from
Aachen University, and was a professor there for the next 13 years. He was also
director of the university's Third World Studies Institute. Aside from
academics, Dr. Spanta also served as a spokesperson for the Alliance for
Democracy in Afghanistan and was active in Germany's Green Party.
In January 2005, Dr. Spanta returned to teach at Kabul University, and later
became Senior Advisor on International Affairs to H.E. President Hamid Karzai.
The President nominated him as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Parliament
approved on April 20, 2006. Dr. Spanta was sworn in by President Karzai on May
2, 2006.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs website:
http://mfa.gov.af/
Minister of Defense: General Abdul Raheem Wardak
 General Abdul Raheem Wardak, son of Abdul Ghani, was born
in Wardak Province in 1940. After graduating from Habibia High
School, he joined the Cadet University. He completed further
studies in the United States and Ali Naser Academy in Cairo, Egypt.
He has served as a Lecturer in Cadet University and Assistant of
Protocol of the Ministry of Defense. He served as the military
assistant of Muhaz-e-Milli, was the military assistant of the Tri-
Lateral Unity, a member of Itehad-e-Mujahiddin, and commander of
the Jihadi fronts of Muhaz-e-Milli. After the fall of communist regime, he was a
member of the Security Committee of Kabul City, Chief of the Army Staff,
Director of the Military Officers Society, Director of the Education Commission,
member of the National Army Commission, Deputy Defense Minister, Director of
Disarmament Program and Director of Reform of the National Army.
He has many literal works in Pashto, Dari and English.
Minister of Interior: Mohammad Hanif Atmar
 Mohammad Hanif Atmar, son of Mohammad Asef Atmar, was
born in 1968 in Laghman Province. He received a Bachelors
Degree in Rural Development Studies in the United Kingdom and
earned his Masters Degree in International Relations and Post-war Development
from York University in the UK. He has also achieved a diploma in Information
Technology and Computer in the UK.
From 1992 to 1994, he served as an advisor for humanitarian programs in aid
agencies both in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. From 1994 to 2000, he served as
Program Manager for the Norwegian Committee for Afghanistan. From 2002 until
2002, he served as Deputy Director General of the International Rescue
Committee. In 2002, he was appointed as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and
Development in the Transitional Government.
Mr. Atmar has authored many books, including "Development of Non-Governmental
Organizations in Developing Countries" and "From Rhetoric to Reality," both published in the UK.
He has also authored books entitled, "Humanitarian Aid, War and Peace in Afghanistan: What to
Learn,?" "Politics and Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan and its Aftermath for the People of
Afghanistan," and "Afghanistan or a Stray War in Afghanistan." He has also written numerous
analytical articles on humanitarian aid in the rehabilitation of Afghanistan. Mr. Atmar is fluent in
Dari, Pashto, English and Urdu.
Note: Appointed Interior Minister on October 11, 2008, and approved by
Parliament on October 20, 2008. Atmar
previously served as the Education Minister.
Minister of Finance: Omar Zakhilwal
Zakhilwal was nominated by President Karzai on February 7, 2009, and approved by
the Parliament on March 3, 2009.
Official biography
temporarily not available.
Note: Previously served as acting Minister of Transportation (November 2008) and as President & CEO of
Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA).
Before that he served as the Chief Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Rural
Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) of Afghanistan. He has also been a member of
the Supreme Council of Da Afghanistan Bank (Afghanistan Central Bank).
Minister of Economy: Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams
 Biography
temporarily not available.
Minister of Justice:
Sarwar Danish
 Sarwar Danish, son of Mohammad Ali, was born in a religious
family in 1951 in Daikundi Province. He completed his primary
education in Afghanistan and completed his higher education in Iraq,
Syria and Iran.
He has earned a Bachelors Degree in Law, a Certificate in
journalism, a Bachelors Degree in Islamic Culture and Education, a
Masters Degree in Islamic Fiqh and is working on a PhD (in
progress) in the same field.
Fifteen different books have comprised the result of the academic
work of Mr. Danish, some 700 hundred of his essays have also been published. From 1982 until
2001, he had been the in charge of different publications.
He was a member and active participant in the Emergency Loya Jirga of 2002, a member of the
Constitutional Drafting Commission through a decree by President Karzai, a participant in the
Constitutional Loya Jirga.
When Daikundi was announced as a province early this year, he was appointed as the first Governor.
Ministry of Justice website:
http://www.moj.gov.af/
Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs: Abdul
Karim Khoram
 Biography
temporarily not available.
Minister of
Education:
Ghulam Farooq Wardak
 Former Parliamentary Affairs Minister. Appointed Minister of Education on
October 11, 2008, and approved by Parliament on October 20, 2008..
Biography
temporarily not available.
Minister of Higher Education: Dr. Mohammad Azam
Dadfar
 Dr. Mohammad Azam Dadfar, son of Haji Baba Jan Khan, was
born in 1946 in Indkhoy. He graduated from Ghazi School in Kabul
and earned his Medical Degree in 1973 from Kabul Medical Faculty.
From 1973 to 1978, he served at Kabul University as a lecturer.
In 1978, he was imprisoned in Pul-e-Charkhi Jail by the Communist
backed regime and migrated to Pakistan in 1980, where he became
an executive member of the Doctors? Union in Peshawar. In 1981,
he went to Germany and worked their as a doctor.
In 1985, he returned back to Peshawar and worked at the Treatment
and Research Center of Mental Disorders for Afghans in Peshawar. From 1996 to 1998, he pursued
advanced courses for a certificate program in Petersburg, Germany. H.E. Dr. Dadfar speaks Pashto,
Dari, Uzbek, German and English and also knows some Turkish.
Ministry of Higher Education website:
http://www.mohe.gov.af/
Minister of Commerce:
Wahidullah Shahrani
Became Minister of Commerce in late December 2008. Previously, since
2005, he served as an advisor to the President on Finance and served as the
Deputy Minister for Finance.
According to the official Ministry of Commerce website, "he was the Alternate
Governor for the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and the
World Bank. He was also the focal point of Afghanistan with all the major
International development Agencies such as USAID, DFID, CIDA, BMZ, SIDA etc.
Immediately prior to those roles, Mr. Shahrani served as the First Deputy
Governor of the central bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) where he was responsible for
monetary policy, banking supervision, market operations as well as Alternate
Governor of Afghanistan at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."
Minister of Water
and Energy: Mohammad Ismael Khan
 Mohammad Ismael, son of Haji Mohammad Aslam, was
born in 1948 in Naser Abad village of Shindand District of Herat.
He completed his primary education in Waez Kashifi High School.
In 1960, he was admitted to the 6th grade of Cadet School and
earned his higher education from Cadet University in 1970. He
joined Division Number 17 of the National Army in Herat and
subsequently started Jihad as the division revolted against the
Soviets.
In 1981, he served as the Ameer of the southwestern parts of the country. In
1990, after the formation of interim government, he acquired the military rank
of a General and was appointed as the Governor and Commander of the Corps Number
4 of Herat Province.
In 1997, he was detained by the Taliban and spent three years in jail. After the
fall of Taliban, he was appointed as the Governor of Herat and Commander of the
Corps Number 6.
Mohammad Ismael Khan knows Dari, Pashto and English.
Minister of Transportation and Aviation: Hamidullah
Faruqi
Biography
temporarily not available.
Minister of Women's Affairs: Mrs. Husn Bano Ghazanfar
 Husn
Banu Ghazanfar daughter of Abdul Ghafar was born in Balkh on February 1,
1957 (Dalwa 1336 of the local calendar) she graduated from Sultan Razia High
School in Mazar-e-sharif and obtained her BA and Master's degree on Literature
and Sociology from Stawarpool Qafqaaz in 1362 (of the local calendar). Right
after she obtained her Master's degree she became the scientific cadre of the
Literature Faculty of Kabul University.
After two years of service as a lecturer in the literature faculty of Kabul
University, she went to Petersburg to obtain her Doctrine on Philology. She
obtained her doctrine and returned to the country. In 1382, she was appointed as
the Head of the Literature Faculty and was working in this post until she was
appointed as the Minister for the Ministry of Women's Affairs of the Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan. In addition to the above-mentioned posts, she has
worked as a member of the High Council of the Ministry of Higher Education,
member of Speranto International Association of Women, member of the
International Association of Turk Zabanan and member of the Board of Directors
of Hakim Naser Khesro Balkhi Association.
She is fluent in Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and Russian and she knows a little Turkish
and English. Her scientific articles and essays have been published in the
national and international newspapers. She is a poet and writes excellent works
of literature. The books she has written are: The Human Fate, Predations in the
21st Century, The Secrets of Beauty and Attraction and she has translated the
book titled Self Realization.
Ministry of Women's Affairs website:
http://www.mowa.gov.af/
Minister of Haj and Islamic Affairs: Nematullah Shahrani
 Nematullah Shahrani, son of Ebadullah Shahrani, was born in
the Jerm district of Badakhshsan in a religious family. He completed
his primary education in Badakhshan and graduted from Abu Hanifa
School in 1960. He was admitted to Faculty of Islamic Studies of
Kabul University in the same year.
After earning his Bachelors degree in 1964, he joined the university
as a member of teaching committee. In 1967, he went to Egypt and
earned a Masters Degree from Al-Azhar University.
In 1960, he again continued his services as a lecturer at Kabul University and was Chief Editor of Sharayat Magazine. In 1976, he went to the United States and studied law at George Washington
University for a year and a half. He also went to the UK for a research trip and observed the courts,
police stations, attorney's office, law institutes and centers. After the Soviet invasion, he was
imprisoned for some time and went to Pakistan after he was released.
He has worked in some popular magazines of the country (Payam-e-Haq, Alfalah, Qaza, Urfaan,
Zhwandoon and Khwonkey) and dailies (Anees, Islaah, and Badakhshan) before he migrated to
Pakistan. He has authored two volumes entitled, "Quran Shenaasy" (knowing the holy Quran) and
"Feqeh Islami Wa Qanoon e Gharb." (Islamic Fiqh and Western Law). The total
number of articles he has written is 1500 and he was given the academic title of
Professor for his hard work.
After the emergency Loya Jirga, he was appointed as the Vice President of
Transitional Government. He was also the Director of the Constitutional Drafting
Commission.
Mr. Shahrani knows Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Arabic and English, and has delivered speeches in
English and Arabic in many conferences.
Ministry of Haj and Islamic Affairs website:
http://www.mop.gov.af/
Minister of Public Welfare: Sohrab Ali Safari
 Sohrab Ali Safari, son of Haji Safar, was born on July 5th, 1945
in the Behsood District of Maidan in Wardak Province. He obtained
his primary education in his district and secondary and secondary
education in Kabul city at the Technology Institute of Afghanistan in
1957.
From 1961 to 1965, he served on the Engineering Faculty of Kabul
University. He earned a doctorate degree in Engineering from the Godseng Poly Technique in Poland.
Sohrab Ali Safari is fluent in Dari, Pashto, English and Polish and knows a little German.
Minister of Public Health: Dr. Mohammad Amin Fatemi
 Dr. Mohammad Amin Fatemi was born on 1952 in Ningarhar
Province. He graduated from Habibia High School and earned his
Doctorate in Medicine from Ningarhar Medical College in 1977. He has
participated in advanced academic programs in Bonn, Germany and the High
Institute of Public Management in Karachi. He has a certificate in health care
and earned a Health Policy in Developing Countries certificate from Boston
University the US in 1995.
H.E. Dr. Fatemi has served as a doctor in Badakhshan, as a teacher
in the Kabul Public Health Institute and a member of the Health
Awareness Department. He was in charge of the education program
of IRC, founder and Director of Mujahedin's Unity Programs, member of the
advisory board of the Health Ministry in the interim government in the early
1990s, and Deputy Minister and First Deputy of the Public Health Minister. He
was the Public Health Minister from 1993 to 1995.
Dr. Fatemi has served as a advisor to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland for
Mediterranean countries, as permanent advisor of the WHO for the Eastern Mediterranean countries,
and from 1992 to 1994, a member of the Executive Board of WHO. From 1991 to 2001, he was a
member of the Board of the Medical Services Development for Afghans, a member of the Board of the
Ladies Hospital for Afghan Refugees, member of the "Order of Good Time" in Canada. He has
participated in many academic conferences and is the author of Health Care, Right and Wrong Use of
the Medicines, and First Aid.
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock: Muhammad Asif Rahimi
 Appointed
on October 11, 2008, and approved by Parliament on October 20, 2008.
Mohammad Asif Rahimi was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. He holds a
degree from Kabul University and has completed his post-graduate studies in
Management of Development Programs from Omaha University in the US. Mr. Rahimi
has worked extensively in the area of development and humanitarian relief both
in Afghanistan and abroad. For over a decade he worked with CARE-USA as manager
of CARE operations in Afghanistan. After he moved to Canada in 2001 Mr. Rahimi
joined CARE-Canada as South Asia regional manager.
Returning to Afghanistan in early 2005, Mr. Rahimi joined the Ministry of
Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) as the head of National Solidarity
Program (NSP) -the flagship community development initiative of the government
of Afghanistan. Since April 2006 he has served as the Deputy Minister for
Programs in MRRD, a profile in which he leads all of the ministry's national and
regional initiatives in rural development, infrastructure, and economic
regeneration.
Since his return to Afghanistan, Mr. Rahimi has contributed immensely to
policy and strategy development within the government of Afghanistan, including,
among others, playing a leading role in the Policy Action Group discussions, the
development of the Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD)
initiative, and generally to the development and operation of the Afghanistan
National Development Strategy (ANDS).
Ministry of Agriculture website:
http://www.agriculture.gov.af/
Minister of Mines: Ibrahim Adel
 Biography temporarily not available.
Minister of
Communications: Amir Zai Sangeen
 Amir Zai Sangeen, son of Amir Gul Shah Khail, was born in
the Urgoon District of Paktika Province. He completed his primary
education in Urgoon and secondary education in Gardez and graduated from the
Communication Training Center. In 1972, he earned a Bachelor's degree in
Electronics and Communications from Southern London University of the UK.
He started his professional career as a teacher in the Communication Training
Center and from 1978 to 1980 and later served as the director of that center.
In 1980, he migrated to Sweden and became one of the founding members of Swedish Committee in
Afghanistan. He actively participated in the development of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan,
which has had an outstanding role in promoting education, agriculture and health throughout the past
25 years in Afghanistan.
Mr. Sangeen was employed in the communications sector in Sweden and served as a team
member of the communication project of Shah Khalid in Saudi Arabia.
After 2001, Mr. Sangeen repatriated to Afghanistan. He has held training seminars for the
engineers of the Ministry of Communication and Afghan Wireless Company. He was the leader of the
Supervising Committee of the GSM license, and a Senior Advisor to the Minister of Communication
from February 2003 till his appointment.
Mr. Sangeen was appointed as the Director of Afghan TeleCom in July 2004 and had an effective
role in formation of the company, approval of the statute, and follow up of the communications
projects. He was also in charge of creating a structure for Afghan TeleCom and interconnection where
he developed new procedures in this field.
Ministry of Communications website:
http://www.moc.gov.af/
Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development: Ehsan Zia
 Mohammed Ehsan Zia was born in Kabul and graduated from Mahmood Terzy High
School. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Social Development from the
University of Birmingham, U.K. in 1991, and an M.A. in Post-War Recovery Studies
from York University, U.K. in 2000.
Having worked in management and advisory positions for humanitarian and post
conflict programs in Afghanistan since 1988, Minister Zia has extensive
professional experience in rural and community development. He has worked with
international aid agencies and NGOs including the Norwegian Afghanistan
Committee (NAC), German Afghan Foundation (GAF), Cooperation for Peace and Unity
(CPAU), and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA). The Minister's areas of expertise
include rural and community development policy formulation and program design;
participatory development theory and practice; strategic planning for government
institutions; community mobilization, participation, and prioritization; and
conflict analysis and practical peace building.
Minister Zia joined the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD)
as a Policy Advisor in July 2002. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Programs
in January 2004, with responsibility for the overall management of six national
priority programs with an annual budget totaling more than $300 million. He
assumed his duties as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in May
2006.
Mr. Zia’s publications include:
- Role of Afghan Civil Society in the Process of Peace-Building in
Afghanistan, Carnegie Council, New York
- A Community Based Approach to Peace Building, Norwegian Church Aid
- Afghanistan, from Protracted Monarchy to Protracted Warfare, University of
York, U.K., 1999
- Peace-Building Rhetoric or Reality? University of York, U.K., 2000 (M.A.
Dissertation)
The Minister is fluent in Dari, Pashto, English, and Urdu.
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development website:
http://www.mrrd.gov.af/
Minister of Work, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled: Noor Mohammad
Qarqeen
 Noor Mohammad Qarqeen, son of Haji Mohammad Qul, was
born in 1953 in Tepa in the Qarqeen District of Jozjan Province.
After completing primary school in Qarqeen, he was admitted to
Habibia High School in Kabul. He then was admitted to the Law
Faculty of Kabul University in 1972, where he earned his Bachelor's
Degree.
In 1978, he began service in the Ministry of Education as a member
of the Uzbek and Turkmen Department.
He has also worked as the Director of Silo of Balkh and Director of Gas of Hairatan. After the Soviet
invasion, he migrated to Pakistan and took part in Jihad against the Soviet Union. He was a member
of Loya Jirgas and National Councils during different periods.
In 2001, he was appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. He resigned from his post in
September of 2004 to serve as the Director of the electoral campaign of Hamid Karzai.
Note: Previously served as Minister of Education.
Minister of Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs:
Asadullah Khalid
Biography temporarily not available.
Minister of Urban Development: Mohammad Yusof Pashtun
 Mohammad Yusof Pashtun was born in Kandahar on November 15, 1947. He completed his secondary studies at Ahmad Shah Baba High School, graduating in 1965. In 1966, he began his studies at the School of Engineering at Kabul University, by the next year, received a USAID/Kabul University scholarship to attend the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, where he later earned his Bachelors degree in Engineering and two Masters degrees, one in Architecture (1973) and the Other in Urban Design and Planning (1977). He has taught at Kabul University’s Department of Architecture, served for four years with a Mujahideen group (Jamiat-ul-Ulema), and worked for almost a decade with NGO’s supporting Afghan refugees and Afghan development. He also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Loya Jirga movement. In 2002, he was appointed Minister of Urban Development and Housing under the Transitional Government, and a year later, was appointed Governor of Kandahar Province. Mohammad Yusof Pashtun was appointed Minister of Urban Development and Housing in December, 2004.
Minister of Anti-Narcotics: General Khodaidad
 Afghanistan's parliament officially voted in General Khodaidad on March 1, 2008.
He previously served as Deputy Minister under the former anti-narcotics
Minister, Habibullah Qaderi.
More detail biography and photo coming soon.
Minstry of Anti-Narcotics website:
http://www.mcn.gov.af/
Minister of Refugees:
Abdul Karim Barahawi
 Abdul
Karim Barahawi, son of Mohammad Mobin, was born in Pedehgee of Chahar Burjak
District of Nimroz Province in 1955. He attended primary school in that district
and graduated from Cadet School in 1973. He then attended Cadet College where he
obtained his Bachelors degree in 1977 in the field of Weapons Technology. After
graduation, he served in Corps Number 7 of Reeshkhor. After the Soviet invasion,
he left his service and joined the Jihad. He fought in the Jihad for 14 years
and served as the commander of Mujahideen in Nimroz province. After the Islamic
revolution, he was appointed as Governor of Nimroz province and the Commander of
the 4th Brigade. During the reign of Taliban, he led the resistance front
against the Taliban in that province. After the Taliban were defeated, he was
again appointed as the Governor of Nimroz and Commander of 4th Brigade.
Previously served as Minister of Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs.
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