Gul Agha Sherzai,also known as Mohammad Shafiq,is a politician and former warlord in Afghanistan. He is a former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province,in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003. In October 2013,Sherzai resigned from his post as governor and formally announced himself as a candidate for Afghanistan's 2014 Presidential Election,and served as the minister of border and tribal affairs until the Taliban captured Afghanistan again in 2021.
The Shinwari are an ethnic Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan. Among the greatest poets of the Pashto language in the 20th century was the late Ameer Hamza Shinwari,also known as "Hamza Baba".
The Kharoti (Pashto:خروٹی) خروټی) are a Pashtun tribe of Ghilji origin,originating in the central part of Paktika Province,Afghanistan,but can be also found in other parts of the country. The Kharoti settled in Kharotabad in Quetta,British India around 1945.
Dāwaṛ is a Karlani Pashtun tribe mostly inhabiting North Waziristan,with some settled in the Bannu District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The Dawaris inhabit the Tochi Valley and speak the Dawari dialect of Pashto.
Mohammad Yunus Khalis was a mujahideen commander in Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. His party was called Hezb-i-Islami,the same as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's party. The two are commonly differentiated as Hezb-e Islami Khalis and Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin.
Haji Abdul Qadeer was an Afghan politician and prominent Northern Alliance leader who fought the Taliban during the Third Afghan Civil War. Originally a commander of the Hezb-i Islami Khalis faction during the Soviet–Afghan War,he then served as governor of Nangarhar Province,the head of the Eastern Afghanistan Shura,and later Vice President of Afghanistan and Minister of Public Works in the administration of Hamid Karzai from 19 June 2002 until his assassination on 6 July 2002. He was the older brother of fellow anti-Soviet and Northern Alliance commander Abdul Haq,who was assassinated in late 2001 by the Taliban.
Kurram District is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram comes from the river Kwarma in Pashto which itself derives from the Sanskrit word Krumuḥ.
Sher Mohammed Akhundzada is an Alizai tribal leader who was the Governor of Helmand in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2005. As governor,he implemented various agricultural projects in Helmand,including canal excavation from the Kajaki dam for irrigation and electricity generation projects. He was deeply involved in opium production and smuggling,leading to his removal from office by the Afghan government in 2005 after lobbying by the British,who were leading counter-narcotic efforts in Afghanistan at the time. He was succeeded as governor of Helmand by Mohammad Daoud.
Rahmatullah Rahmat is an Afghan politician. He served as the governor of Paktia province from 2006 to 2007. He was appointed to the position after the assassination of Hakim Taniwal. Rahmat was previously an official of the UNAMA mission in the east of the country.
Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani is a politician in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan who was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Interior. Previously,he was Minister of Counter Narcotics and Governor of Parwan Province. Prior to this,he was Chief of Police of Parwan province and First Secretary to Afghan Embassy in Tehran. He also joined the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War,fighting against the Afghan government led by Mohammad Najibullah.
Hajji Din Mohammad also known as Azizullah Din Mohammad is a politician in Afghanistan who served as the Governor of Nangarhar Province followed by Governor of Kabul Province. He is currently the Chairman of Peace and Development Islamic Party. He has been involved in the peace and reconciliation process between the Afghan Government and the Taliban and is currently the deputy of High Council for National Reconciliation. Haji Din Mohammad comes from a distinguished Pashtun family "Arsala" The Arsala family is part of the Jabar Khel. He is also the elder brother of late Hajji Abdul Qadir and Abdul Haq. His great-grandfather,Wazir Arsala Khan,served as Foreign Minister of Afghanistan in 1869. One of Arsala Khan's descendants,Taj Mohammad Khan,was a general at the Battle of Maiwand. Another descendant,Abdul Jabbar Khan,was Afghanistan’s first Ambassador to Russia.
Mirwais Yasini میرویسیاسینیis the current First Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament. Following the Communist coup in 1978,Mirwais Yasini worked actively to combat the Soviet invasion,and went on to oppose the Taliban from 1993 to 2001 as a social and political activist. After the fall of the Taliban regime in 2002,Yasini began his political career as the Director of Foreign Relations and Economic Evaluation for Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance,and as a prominent member of the Emergency Loya Jirga,which met in Kabul. Since that time he has held several high-level political posts,including such titles as the First Deputy Speaker of the Constitutional Loya Jirga and Director General of the Counter Narcotics Department.
Mohammad Yousef Pashtun is an Afghan technocrat and politician. He served as Minister of Urban Development and Housing for two terms and as Governor of Kandahar province in 2003,replacing Gul Agha Sherzai under President Hamid Karzai's administration. In 2010,he was appointed as Senior Adviser to President Karzai on Construction,Mines,Water &Energy. In 2014,minister Pashtun continued to serve as Senior Adviser to President Ashraf Ghani. Yِousef Pashtun is also chairing the Kabul New City Development Authority Board.
Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai is a former Minister,Chief Peace Negotiator,and chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as the governor of Herat Province,appointed by President Hamid Karzai on 2 July 2013. Previously,he served as Kunar Governor and as the chairman of the Afghan NGOs' Coordination Bureau (ANCB),a non-profit umbrella organization of over 270 local NGOs.
General Khodaidad is a former Minister of Counter Narcotics of Afghanistan.
Lieutenant General Sayed Abdul Ghafar Sayed zadah,is an Afghan Lieutenant general. He served for more than 30 years in policing in Afghanistan;currently he is serving as General Chief of Herat police headquarters.
The Sulaimankhel,or Suleiman Khel,are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Khilji tribe. As they are primarily Nomadic People. In the early 20th century,the tribe was recognized as generally pastoral.
Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala,also known as Ghulam Rasul,is a politician in Afghanistan. He was the governor of Kunar Province,appointed by President Hamid Karzai on July 15,2013,after a suggestion by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).
Ahmad Zia Saraj was final Director General of NDS from 2019 to 2021,until the collapse of the Islamic Republic. He served as the Deputy Director General,chief of counter terrorism department,deputy chief of foreign intelligence &counterintelligence and some other key positions in NDS respectively over 20 years after the fall of Taliban in 2001. He serves as visiting professor in the war studies department of the King's College London University.
