Delbar Jan Arman Explained

Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari
Office:Governor of Badghis
Term Start:30 March 2009
Term End:19 September 2012
Predecessor:Mohammad Ashraf Naseri
Successor:Mohammad Tahir Sabari
Birth Place:Jaji Maidan District, Khost province, Afghanistan
Order2:Governor of Zabul, Afghanistan.
Term Start2:6 March 2005
Term End2:30 March 2009
Predecessor2:Khial Mohammad
Successor2:Mohammad Ashraf Naseri
Occupation:Politician, former Mujahideen leader

Delbar Jan Arman, also Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (Pushto; Pashto: دلبر جان ارمان شینواری) is a politician from Afghanistan.[1] He is the ex-governor of Badghis Province.

Early life

Delbar Jan Arman was born in Jaji Maidan district of Khost Province, Afghanistan. has a military and academic background. In the 1970s, he studied for six years at the American Technical College in Kabul. He was also trained in the Afghan Army.From 2005 till 2009 he was the governor of Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He was an anti-Soviet insurgent who fled to Pakistan during the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan. He was appointed governor of Zabul on 3 March 2005 by President Hamid Karzai. Delbar Jan Arman is known for his intimate involvement with the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team based in Qalat and their combined efforts to quickly deploy development projects across the province.[2] [3] In May 2009 he switched positions with Mohammad Ashraf Naseri. Delbar Jan Arman became governor of Badghis Province, Mohammad Ashraf Naseri took over the Government of Zabul Province.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naval Postgraduate School . 13 July 2010 . 20 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920190016/http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Zabul_Prov_Overview_CCS.pdf . dead .
  2. News: Rumsfeld says NATO buildup in Afghanistan does not mean U.S. departure. USA Today. 11 July 2006. AP.
  3. News: Blanchfield . Mike . Afghanistan air force . National Post . 14 April 2008 .