Mohammad Ashraf Naseri () replaced longtime Zabul governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari in late March 2009. An ethnic

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from

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, Naseri separated from the Ittihad-e Islami under

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in 1992 or 1993 and is now politically unaffiliated.Zabul executive summary
Naval Postgraduate School He has a BA in science from

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. He was a teacher in Dawat aw Jahad University in

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, an employee of UN Office on Project Services (UNOPS), an employee of the UN Development Program (UNDP), Advisor Minister for Refugees and Repatriation (under Azam Dafar), a policy committee director of the Counter narcotics Ministry, and a presidential advisor. He reportedly has a good reputation in Paktia, and

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members from

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were positive about his role during his tenure as governor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naseri, Mohammad Ashraf Governors of Zabul Province Pashtun people 1962 births Living people Governors of Badghis Province People from Paktia Province