Kamaluddin Nezami (also, ''Nizami'') is an Afghan politician who was appointed governor of

Panjshir Province Panjshir (Dari: , literally "Five Lions," pronounced /pand͡ʒʃeːɾ/, also spelled as Panjsher) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country containing the Panjshir Valley. The provinc ...

in 2016. , his status as governor is unclear.

Culture and education

Kamaluddin Nezami is an engineer of

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ethnic background, hailing from Bazarak of Panjshir Province.

Governorship

Nezami became

governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

in 2016. In February 2020, during the power struggle between

Ashraf Ghani Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was 2021 Taliban offensive, overthrown by the Ta ...

and

Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah (Dari language, Dari, , ; born Abdullah; 5 September 1960) is an Afghan politician who led the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) from May 2020 until August 2021, when the Afghan government was Fall of Kabul (2021), ...

, Nezami declared his loyalty to Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the National Unity Government established in 2014. Nezami stated that he would disobey orders from Ghani. Actions taken in 2021 during Nezami's governorship included consultation with citizens' and local government representatives on "social obstacles" to the Central Asia-South Asia power project that aims to bring surplus electrical power to Afghanistan and Pakistan from neighbouring countries.

Panjshir conflict

During the 2021

Panjshir conflict The republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing low-level guerrilla war between the National Resistance Front and allied groups which fight under the banner of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on one side, and the Islamic Emirate o ...

that followed the 15 August 2021 Fall of Kabul, Nezami stated in early September that drones had been used to bombard

National Resistance Front of Afghanistan The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) is a military alliance of former Northern Alliance members and other anti-Taliban fighters loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Its founder and leader is Ahmad Massoud, who mobilized t ...

forces in Panjshir.

References

Living people Governors of Panjshir Province Afghan engineers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Afghanistan-politician-stub