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Afghan Transitional Administration Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
was established in June and July 2002. It has been replaced with the election of a permanent government in 2004.


President and chairman

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Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...


Vice presidents

* Hedayat Arsala *
Mohammad Qasim Fahim Mohammad Qasim Fahim ( prs, محمد فهیم, also known as "Marshal Fahim"; 1957 – 9 March 2014) was a politician in Afghanistan who served as Vice President from June 2002 until December 2004 and from November 2009 until his death. Betwee ...
* Abdul Karim Khalili * Nematullah Shahrani


Security advisors

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Yunus Qanuni Younus Qanooni ( prs, یونس قانونی, born on 10 May 1957 in Panjshir Valley) is an Afghan politician who was Vice President of Afghanistan. An ethnic Tajik, Qanooni is the leader of the '' Afghanistan e Naween'' (New Afghanistan) politic ...
* Zalmay Rassoul


Ministers

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Sayed Hussein Anwari Sayed Hussein Anwari ( prs, سید حسین انوری) (1956 – 5 July 2016) was a politician in Afghanistan. He was a Shia and came from Mohammed Asef Mohseni's Harakat-e Islami (Islamic Movement party). Early life Anwari, an ethnic Hazara ...
(Agriculture) * Mir Wais Saddiq (Son of
Ismail Khan Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is an Afghan former politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a cap ...
) (Air Transport/Tourism) * Arif Nurzai (Border Affairs) *
Sayed Mustafa Kazemi Sayed Mustafa Kazemi ( prs, سید مصطفی کاظمی, 1959 – November 6, 2007) from Parwan was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesman for the opposition movement known as the United National Front. He was ...
(Commerce) * Masum Stanakzai (Communication) *
Mohammad Qasim Fahim Mohammad Qasim Fahim ( prs, محمد فهیم, also known as "Marshal Fahim"; 1957 – 9 March 2014) was a politician in Afghanistan who served as Vice President from June 2002 until December 2004 and from November 2009 until his death. Betwee ...
(Defense) **
Abdul Rashid Dostum Abdul Rashid Dostum ( ; prs, عبدالرشید دوستم; Uzbek Latin: , Uzbek Cyrillic: , ; born 25 March 1954) is an Afghan exiled politician, former Marshal in the Afghan National Army, founder and leader of the political party Junbish- ...
(Deputy Defense) * Muhammad Yunus Qanuni (Education) * Yusuf Nooristani (Environment) (
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Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Born in ...
(Finance) (
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Abdullah Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
(Foreign Affairs) * Mohammad Amin Naziryar (Hajj and Waqf) *Dr. Soheila Siddiqi (Health) *
Sharif Fayez Sharif Fayez, also known as Mohammed Sharif Fayez, (1946 – February 8, 2019), was an academic in Afghanistan, who also served as the country's Minister of Higher Education from 22 December 2001 to 2007. He has written several English and Persian ...
(Higher Education) (
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Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (Persian: سید مخدوم رهین) is a Persian author and an Afghan politician. He is an ethnic Tajik and is a dual citizen (holds American citizenship). Life He was born in 1946 in the Afghan capital of Kabul. H ...
(Information/Culture) (Raheen is a
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citizen) * Ali Ahmad Jalali (Interior) (since Jan. 2003) (
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citizen) * Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani (Irrigation/Environment) * Abdul Rahim Karimi (Justice) *
Noor Mohammad Qarqin Noor Mohammad Qarqin (born 1953 in a village in Qarqeen District of Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan) is a former minister in the Afghan government and ambassador. He is an ethnic Turkmen and has a Bachelor of Science from Kabul University. Early ...
(Labor/Social Affairs) * Mohammad Alim Razm (Light Industries) * Abdullah Wardak (Martyrs and Disabled) * Juma Muhammad Muhammadi (Mines and Industries) (died in plane crash, February 24, 2003) * Mohammad Mohaqeq (Planning) * Mohammad Amin Farhang (Reconstruction) (German citizen) * Inayatulah Nazeri (Refugees) * Hanif Atmar (Rural Development) * Said Mohammad Ali Jawid (Transportation) * Yusuf Pashtun until August 16, 2003 (Urban Planning) * Ahmed Shaker Kargar (Water and Electricity) * Habiba Sarobi (Women's Affairs) * Mahbooba Hoquqmal (State or Advisor-Minister for Women's Affairs) *
Gul Agha Sherzai Gul Agha Sherzai (), also known as Mohammad Shafiq, is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 ...
after August 16, 2003 (Urban Affairs)


Head of Supreme Court

* Fazl Hadi Shinwari


Governors

*Ghazni province: Qari Baba *Herat province:
Ismail Khan Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is an Afghan former politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a cap ...
until August 13, 2003 *Kabul province: Taj Mohammad Mujaahid *Kandahar province:
Gul Agha Sherzai Gul Agha Sherzai (), also known as Mohammad Shafiq, is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 ...
until August 16, 2003; then Yusuf Pashtun *Khost province:
Hakim Taniwal Hakim Taniwal (Pashto: حکيم تڼيوال) was the Governor of Paktia province in Afghanistan until he was killed by a suicide bomber on 10 September 2006, at the age of 60.Sayyid Yusuf *Nangarhar province:
Gul Agha Sherzai Gul Agha Sherzai (), also known as Mohammad Shafiq, is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 ...
replacing
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(brother of late Hajji Qadir) *Nimruz province: Abdul Karim Brahoui *Paktia province: Taj Mohammad Wardak (appointed by Karzai in mid-February 2002) *Zabul province: Hamidullah Tokhi until August, 2003; then Hafizullah Khan * Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi (governor of the Afghan Central Bank) Jawzjan Sayeed Ahmad Shah


Afghan ambassadors and envoys

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Omar Samad Omar Samad is the former Senior Advisor to Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the former Chief Executive of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2020. He served as the Afghan Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009, and to France from 2009 to 2011. He was a Senior Central ...
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: Dr. Zalmai Haquani *To
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: Hamidullah Nasir Zia *To
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Massoud Khalili Masoud Khalili, also Massoud Khalili and Masud Khalili ( fa, مسعود خلیلی; born 5 November 1950) is an Afghan diplomat, linguist and poet. Khalili is the son of the famous Persian language and Afghan poet laureate, Ustad Khalilullah Khal ...
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: Mostapha Zair *To
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: Anwar Akbari *To
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: Mohammad Dawod Panjshiri *To
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: Mohammad Nazir Qasimi *To
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: Dr. Rawan Farhadi *To
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: Shams Ul-Zakir Kazimi *To
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Ishaq Shahryar Ishaq M. Shahryar (January 10, 1936 – April 12, 2009) was the inventor of the low-cost photovoltaic cell and the first Afghan ambassador to the United States since the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. ''New Scientist'' named Shahryar " ...
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: Abdul Samad


Foreign ambassadors and chargés d'affaires in Kabul

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Sun Yuxi Sun Yuxi () (born October 1951) was a Chinese diplomat. He was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang. He was a graduate of Beijing Foreign Studies University and the London School of Economics. He was Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Afghani ...
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: Rainer Eberle *
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Rustam Shah Mohmand Rustam Shah Mohmand (born 15 August 1942 in Charsadda) is a senior Pakistani diplomat, political scientist and politician. Education Rustam Shah Mohmand studied civil engineering in Peshawar's College of Engineering and Technology (now Univer ...
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: Abdullah Fahd al-Kahlani *
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