List of governors of Kandahar
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This is a list of the governors of the province of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Governor | Period | Extra | Note | ||
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Muhammad 'Amin Khan | ?-1865 | Governor of Kandahar, revolted against Sher Ali Khan in 1865 but the rebellion was crushed and he was killed.[1] | |||
Sardar Mir Afzal Khan | ?-1878 | Sardar Mir Afzal Khan (son of Pur Dil Khan and father of Sardar Abdul Wahab Khan - governor of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1914[2]) was the governor of Kandahar up until the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leaving for Persia upon the approach of the British.[3] | |||
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi | 1989 1992 |
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Gul Agha Sherzai | 1992 1994 |
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Mohammad Hasan Rahmani | 1994 2001 |
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Gul Agha Sherzai | December 2001 16 August 2003 |
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Yousef Pashtun | August 2003 2005 |
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Asadullah Khalid | 2005 August 2008 |
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Rahmatullah Raufi | August 2008 4 December 2008 |
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Toryalai Wesa | 4 December 2008 2014 |
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Hamid Masood | 2014 2015 |
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Humayun Azizi | 27 April 2015 21 May 2017 |
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Zalmai Wesa | 21 May 2017 18 October 2018 |
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Hayatullah Hayat | 18 October 2018 3 January 2021 |
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Rohullah Khanzada | 3 January 2021 12 August 2021 |
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Muhammad Yousuf Wafa | 12 August 2021 present |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Jonathan L. (2019-01-15). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.
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- ^ Trousdale, William; Allen, Mitchell; Maurer, Cyndi (2021). Kandahar in the nineteenth century. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-43305-2.
- ^ "Senior Taliban leader Mullah Hassan Rahmani dies". 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Senior Officials Appointed in Kandahar". TOLOnews. January 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ Trofimov, Yaroslav (2021-08-13). "Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-09-21.