Atiqullah Ludin ( ps, عتیق الله لودین) was the Governor of Logar Province,

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in 2008–2013. He is originally from

Mohammad Agha District Mohammad Agha District (Pashto: د محمد اغه ولسوالی; Dari: ولسوالی محمد آغا) is a district of Logar Province, Afghanistan. It lies just south of Kabul Province. The district capital is Mohammad Agha. The Afghan govern ...

of Logar. The U.S. State Department said: '..His principal qualifications to be Governor in increasingly strife-torn Logar appear to be his personal connection to the province and his military service. In the early 1970s Ludin reportedly attended a military course and served in the Afghan army during the rule of

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. After the Soviet invasion, he moved to Pakistan. Accounts vary concerning the degree of his possible involvement in fighting the Soviets, but after the fall of the Taliban, Ludin was active in southeastern Afghanistan as commander of the former

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3rd Corps (which predated the Afghan National Army). He worked closely with U.S. forces stationed at Gardez in Paktia Province. After some initial hesitation by Commander Ludin, most of his forces entered the

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program in 2003. He was unsuccessful in his bid for a seat to the Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) in the 2005 elections.' (08KABUL2890) Ludin replaced

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as governor after Wardak was assassinated in the Paghman District on September 13, 2008.

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Governors of Logar Province Pashtun people Living people Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Afghanistan-politician-stub