List of governors of Kandahar explained

This is a list of the governors of the province of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

GovernorPeriodExtraNote
Muhammad 'Amin Khan?-1865Governor of Kandahar, revolted against Sher Ali Khan in 1865 but the rebellion was crushed and he was killed.[1]
Sardar Mir Afzal Khan?-1878Sardar 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 Ulumi1989
1992
Gul Agha Sherzai1992
1994
Mohammad Hasan Rahmani1994
2001
[4]
Gul Agha SherzaiDecember 2001
16 August 2003
Yousef PashtunAugust 2003
2005
Asadullah Khalid2005
August 2008
Rahmatullah RaufiAugust 2008
4 December 2008
Toryalai Wesa4 December 2008
2014
Hamid Masood2014
2015
Humayun Azizi27 April 2015
21 May 2017
Zalmai Wesa21 May 2017
18 October 2018
Hayatullah Hayat18 October 2018
3 January 2021
Rohullah Khanzada3 January 2021
12 August 2021
[5]
Muhammad Yousuf Wafa12 August 2021
present
[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lee, Jonathan L.. Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. 2019-01-15. Reaktion Books. 978-1-78914-010-1. en.
  2. Book: Adamec, Ludwig W. . Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Hauptbd: Historical and political Who's who . 1975 . Akad. Druck- u. Verlagsanst . 978-3-201-00921-8 . Graz . 101,478.
  3. Book: Trousdale, William . Kandahar in the nineteenth century . Allen . Mitchell . Maurer . Cyndi . 2021 . Brill . 978-90-04-43305-2 . Leiden.
  4. Web site: Senior Taliban leader Mullah Hassan Rahmani dies. 9 February 2016.
  5. News: Senior Officials Appointed in Kandahar . January 3, 2021 . 2021-02-18 . TOLOnews.
  6. News: Trofimov. Yaroslav. 2021-08-13. Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-09-21. 0099-9660.