Mohibullah Samim (born 1965) was appointed as the Governor of Paktika on 20 April 2010. He was born in the Waghaz district of southern

Ghazni province Ghazni (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in southeastern Afghanistan. The province contains 19 districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people, making it the 5th most populous province. The ...

.Publisher in Kabul, Zurmat Material Testing Laboratory Director Information and Culture in Ghazni Province, District Chief in two Districts of Ghaznis Province, Provincial Governor Paktika (20100421, 20130119-20141219) Minister of border and tribal affaires nominated and acting (20200831) confirmed (20201201) Samin has a bachelor's degree in

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Lingu ...

and has served as a publisher of a private magazine in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Ac ...

. He previously served as the director of information and culture in Ghazni province, and as a sub-governor in two districts of Ghazni province. He is an ethnic

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...

. In a message to the Taliban he said: "To the Taliban I say, come to the government and talk. Let's make it better for all of us. I will try to respect everyone. I will try to bring unity to all tribes. I will be working for unity on behalf of all people of Paktika province and my door is open 24 hours a day if you need me."Samim, Mohib Ullah Mohibullah Moheebullah
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Pashtun people People from Ghazni Province Living people 1965 births {{Afghanistan-politician-stub