List of current Afghan governors explained

This is a table chart of the current governors of Afghanistan. Provincial governors are all appointed by the supreme leader of Afghanistan.[1] Provincial governors are often interchanged between provinces and it is not uncommon for the governor of a province to have prior served as provincial governor of multiple provinces.

The current supreme leader of Afghanistan and head of the internationally-unrecognized Taliban government is Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada.

Governors

ProvinceGovernorPast governors
BadakhshanMohammad Ayub KhalidList of Predecessors
BadghisAbdul Sattar SabirList of Predecessors
BaghlanAbdul Rahman HaqqaniList of Predecessors
BalkhMuhammad Yousuf WafaList of Predecessors
BamyanAbdullah SarhadiList of Predecessors
DaykundiAminullah ObaidList of Predecessors
FarahGhawsuddin RahbarList of Predecessors
FaryabAbdul Ahad FazliList of Predecessors
GhazniMuhammad Amin Jan OmariList of Predecessors
GhorAhmad Shah Din DostList of Predecessors
HelmandAbdul Rahman KunduziList of Predecessors
HeratNoor Mohammad IslamjarList of Predecessors
JowzjanGul Haidar ShafaqList of Predecessors
KabulMohammad Aman ObaidList of Predecessors
KandaharMohammad Shirin AkhundList of Predecessors
KapisaQari Esanullah BaryalList of Predecessors
KhostBismillah AbdullahList of Predecessors
KunarQudratullah Abu HamzaList of Predecessors
KunduzAsadullah OmarkhailList of Predecessors
LaghmanShir Ahmad HaqqaniList of Predecessors
LogarZia ur-Rahman MadaniList of Predecessors
NangarharSalim KunduziList of Predecessors
NimrozMuhammad Qasim KhalidList of Predecessors
NuristanZain ul-AbideenList of Predecessors
PaktiaMullah Mohammad Khan DawatList of Predecessors
PaktikaAbdul Khaliq AbidList of Predecessors
PanjshirMohammad Agha HakimList of Predecessors
ParwanAbdul Ali QadratullahList of Predecessors
SamanganMohammad Shoaib RisalatList of Predecessors
Sar-e PulMohammad Yaqoub Abdur Rahman AkaList of Predecessors
TakharObaidullah AminzadaList of Predecessors
UruzganEnayatullah ShojahList of Predecessors
WardakQari Bakhtiar MuazList of Predecessors
ZabulMawlawi HizbullahList of Predecessors

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Ahmed. Azam. 8 December 2012. For Afghan Officials, Prospect of Death Comes With Territory. The New York Times. live. 7 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019103603/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/world/asia/for-afghan-officials-prospect-of-death-comes-with-territory.html. 19 October 2017. 0362-4331.