Lt General '
Rahmatullah Raufi'' (born 1946 in
Wardak Province
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,
Afghanistan
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) is a former
governor
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of
Kandahar
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from August 2008 until he was fired on December 4, 2008
for unknown reasons. Before that he was a senior military commander of the
Afghan National Army
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presently commanding the
205th Corps, which is responsible for
Afghanistan
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's restive southern province
He was the main Afghan commander of government forces in
Operation Mountain Thrust.
He was replaced by Afghan-Canadian academic
Tooryalai Wesa.
[Rennine, Steve. ]Canadian Press
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, , December 18, 2008
References
Living people
Governors of Kandahar Province
Afghan military officers
People from Maidan Wardak Province
1948 births
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