Afghan Cabinet of Ministers
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The Cabinet of Afghanistan is made of the heads of all the government ministries
Council of Ministers (Afghanistan)
The Council of Ministers was the governmental organ in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and later the Republic of Afghanistan. The leader of the Council of Ministers choose ministers for the different ministeral posts in the country. Under the leadership of Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah...

. The president
President of Afghanistan
Afghanistan has only been a republic between 1973 and 1992 and from 2001 onwards. Before 1973, it was a monarchy that was governed by a variety of kings, emirs or shahs...

 selects the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly
House of the People (Afghanistan)
The House of the People or Wolesi Jirga , abbreviated WJ, is the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the House of Elders....

 of the country.

Current cabinet of ministers

After winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...

 nominated 23 ministers in December 2009 to be part of his new administration but only 7 were approved by the Afghan Parliament
House of the People (Afghanistan)
The House of the People or Wolesi Jirga , abbreviated WJ, is the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the House of Elders....

. All the other candidates that Karzai initially selected, including Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan is a politician and former mujahideen commander from Afghanistan. Born in the western Afghan city of Herat, he rose to become a powerful rebel commander during in the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and then a key member of the Northern Alliance until finally becoming the Governor of Herat...

 and three nominees associated with Abdul Rashid Dostum
Abdul Rashid Dostum
Abdul Rashid Dostum is a former pro-Soviet fighter during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and is considered by many to be the leader of Afghanistan's Uzbek community and the party Junbish-e Milli-yi Islami-yi Afghanistan...

, were rejected by members of the parliament. There was no candidate nominated for the post of Foreign Minister because it was alleged that Karzai planned to keep the disputed foreign minister Spanta
Rangin Dadfar Spanta
Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta was the foreign minister of Afghanistan.He was appointed to that position by Hamid Karzai during a cabinet reshuffle on March 21, 2006 and approved by the 249-seat lower house on April 20, 2006. He was previously the Senior Advisor on International Affairs to President...

 until the International Afghanistan Conference in London in January 2010.

Karzai presented a second list of candidates to the Wolesi Jirga in January 2010. Three of the new nominees were women, for the posts of Women's Affairs, Public Health, and Disabled and Martyr portfolios – the only woman on the first list of candidates was rejected. Among the new nominees was Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal is Afghanistan's Minister of Economy, and the Head of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan. He was once allied with islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but in 2008 he was elected chairman of a moderate breakaway faction of Hekmatyar's party.Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal earned a BA in...

, as candidate for the post of economics. Arghandiawal is the chairman of a party that is an offshoot of the Hezb-i-Islami movement, who was accused before of having contacts with warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is an Afghan Mujahideen leader who is the founder and leader of the Hezb-e Islami political party and paramilitary group. Hekmatyar was a rebel military commander during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan and was one of the key figures in the civil war that followed the...

. This choice could be in line with Karzai's desire fore reconciliation with insurgents willing to lay down their arms and join the political system. After the second list of candidates was offered, several parliament members expressed discontent about the quality of the nominees, and analysts predicted a new crisis. On 16 January, among the approved nominees were Foreign Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs - MFA - is the Government of Afghanistan Cabinet officer responsible for managing the Foreign relations of Afghanistan.-Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan:-External links:*...

 Zalmai Rassoul
Zalmai Rassoul
Dr. Zalmai Rassoul is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the Foreign Minister since January 2010 after receiving the confidence vote of the Afghan National Assembly. He previously served as National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which he held since June 2002...

, Justice Minister Habibullah Ghalib, Minister for Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal is Afghanistan's Minister of Economy, and the Head of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan. He was once allied with islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but in 2008 he was elected chairman of a moderate breakaway faction of Hekmatyar's party.Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal earned a BA in...

 and Minister for Counter-Narcotics Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani who got 162 vote the highist vote in cabinet, but 10 out of the 17 candidates were voted down. The only woman approved was Amina Afzali as minister for Martyrs and the Disabled

In June 2010, President Karzai submitted 7 names for a third round of confirmation in the parliament. In the line chart below is the list of members of the current Afghan Cabinet (2009–2014).
Portofolio Name Status
President Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...

Chosen by electorate
First Vice President
Vice President of Afghanistan
The Vice President of Afghanistan is the second highest political position obtainable in Afghanistan. Vice Presidents are elected in the same ticket as the President. The current Vice Presidents are Mohammad Qasim Fahim and Karim Khalili .-External links:** *List of current Vice Presidents...

Mohammed Fahim
Mohammed Fahim
Mohammad Qasim Fahim is an Afghan military commander, politician and the First Vice President since November 2009. He was the Defense Minister of the Afghan Transitional Administration, beginning in 2002 and also served as Vice President from June 2002 to December 2004...

Chosen by electorate
Second Vice President
Vice President of Afghanistan
The Vice President of Afghanistan is the second highest political position obtainable in Afghanistan. Vice Presidents are elected in the same ticket as the President. The current Vice Presidents are Mohammad Qasim Fahim and Karim Khalili .-External links:** *List of current Vice Presidents...

Karim Khalili
Karim Khalili
Abdul Karim Khalili is the current second Vice President of Afghanistan in the administration of President Hamid Karzai. Khalili was appointed first time as Vice President in 2002 and was elected as running mate of Hamid Karzai in 2004...

Chosen by electorate
Foreign Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs - MFA - is the Government of Afghanistan Cabinet officer responsible for managing the Foreign relations of Afghanistan.-Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan:-External links:*...

Zalmai Rassoul
Zalmai Rassoul
Dr. Zalmai Rassoul is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the Foreign Minister since January 2010 after receiving the confidence vote of the Afghan National Assembly. He previously served as National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which he held since June 2002...

Approved by Parliament
Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak Approved by Parliament
Interior Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi Approved by Parliament
Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal
Omar Zakhilwal
Dr. Omar Zakhilwal , is an economist and a prominent politician in Afghanistan. He is the current Finance Minister as well as the Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan. He is also the president of the Afghanistan Cricket Board.-Early life:...

Approved by Parliament
Economic Minister Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal is Afghanistan's Minister of Economy, and the Head of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan. He was once allied with islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but in 2008 he was elected chairman of a moderate breakaway faction of Hekmatyar's party.Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal earned a BA in...

Approved by Parliament
Justice Minister Habibullah Ghaleb Approved by Parliament
Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sayed Makhdum Rahin Approved by Parliament
Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak Approved by Parliament
Higher Education Minister Sarwar Danesh Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Trade and Commerce Minister Anwar ul-Haq Ahady Approved by Parliament
Water and Energy Minister Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan is a politician and former mujahideen commander from Afghanistan. Born in the western Afghan city of Herat, he rose to become a powerful rebel commander during in the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and then a key member of the Northern Alliance until finally becoming the Governor of Herat...

Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Transportation and Aviation Minister Mohammadulla Batash Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Women's Affairs Minister Husn Bano Ghazanfar Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister Mohammad Yousuf Neyazi Approved by Parliament
Public Welfare Minister Sohrab Ali Saffari Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Public Health Minister Soraya Dalil Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Agriculture Minister Mohammad Asef Rahimi
Mohammad Asef Rahimi
Mohammad Asef Rahimi is a politician in Afghanistan, currently serving as Minister of Agriculture. An ethnic Pashtun, he was born in 1959 and raised in Kabul, and obtained a degree from Kabul University before completing post-graduate studies at Omaha University in Nebraska...

Approved by Parliament
Mines Minister Waheedullah Sharani Approved by Parliament
Telecommunications Minister Amirzai Sangin
Amirzai Sangin
Amirzai Sangin is a politician in Afghanistan, currently serving as the Minister of Communications. An ethnic Pashtun, he was born in the Urgun District of Paktika Province in Afghanistan.-Early life and education:...

Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development is a ministry of the Afghan government. Its main headquarters is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, but has offices and employees in all the 34 provinces of the country...

Jarullah Mansoori Approved by Parliament
Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister Amina Afzali Approved by Parliament
Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister Arsala Jamal
Arsala Jamal
Arsala Jamal was appointed the provincial Governor of Khost Province, Afghanistan in August 2006.Arsala had previous experience in rural development, in both the NGO and Government sector.Arsala Jamal was born in Katawaz district of Paktia Province....

Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Urban Development Minister Sultan Hussain Acting minister, not approved by Parliament
Counter Narcotics Minister Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Approved by Parliament
Refugees and Repatriation Minister Abdul Rahim Acting minister, not approved by Parliament

Previous administrations

Karzai administration 2004–2009

In the line chart below is the list of members of the Afghan Cabinet from 2004 to 2009.
Portfolio Minister Notes
President Hamid Karzai
First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud
Ahmad Zia Massoud
Ahmad Zia Massoud was the First Vice President of Afghanistan in the first elected administration of President Hamid Karzai, from December 2004 to November 2009...

Second Vice President Karim Khalili
Senior Minister Hedayat Amin Arsala Until 2005
Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Abdullah is an Afghan politician and a doctor of medicine. He was an adviser and friend to Ahmad Shah Massoud, legendary anti-Taliban leader and commander known as the "Lion of Panjshir". After the fall of the Taliban regime, Dr. Abdullah served as Afghanistan's Foreign Minister from 2001...

 / Rangin Dadfar Spanta
Rangin Dadfar Spanta
Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta was the foreign minister of Afghanistan.He was appointed to that position by Hamid Karzai during a cabinet reshuffle on March 21, 2006 and approved by the 249-seat lower house on April 20, 2006. He was previously the Senior Advisor on International Affairs to President...

Spanta assumed post in 2006
Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak
Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali
Ali Ahmad Jalali
Ali Ahmad Jalali is an Afghan American and a Distinguished Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies of the United States' National Defense University. He is also a former Interior Minister of Afghanistan, serving in that position from January 2003 to September 2005.Jalali...

 / Mohamad Hanif Atmar
Mohamad Hanif Atmar
Mohammad Hanif Atmar was the Interior Minister of Afghanistan. He was removed from MOI by Hamid Karzai in the wake of attacks on the June 2010 Afghan Peace Jirga...

Ali Ahmad Jalali resigned on 27 September 2005.
Finance Minister Anwar ul-Haq Ahady / Omar Zakhilwal In 2009 Omar Zakhilwal replaced Anwar ul-Haq Ahady
Economic Minister Mohammad Amin Farhang / Mohammad Jalil Shams
Justice Minister Sarwar Danish
Sarwar Danish
Sarwar Danish is the current Afghan Minister of Justice since 2004. He was born in Ashtarlay village of Afghan Province Daykundi in year 1961 to Mohammad Ali-See also:*Hazara people*Cabinet of Afghanistan*Afghan Ministry of Justice...

Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Sayed Makhdum Rahin Abdul Karim Khoram
Education Minister Noor Mohammad Qarqeen / Mohamad Hanif Atmar / Ghulam Farooq Wardak In 2006, Qarqeen switched to ministry of Social Affair. Between 2006 and 2008 Atmar was minister of Education before he switched to ministry of interior. Wardak assumed post in 2008.
Higher Education Minister Ameer Shah Hasanyaar / Mohammad Azam Dadfar
Commerce Minister Mohammad Amin Farhang / Hedayat Amin Arsala In 2005 Hedayat Amin Arsala became Commerce minister
Water and Energy Minister Ismial Khan
Transportation and Aviation Minister Enayatullah Qasemi / Hamidullah Farooqi
Women's Affairs Minister Husn Bano Ghazanfar
Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister Nematullah Shahrani
Nematullah Shahrani
Professor Nematullah Shahrani is one of the most prominent Afghan scholars. He was one of four Vice Presidents of the Afghan Transitional Administration from 2002 to 2004. Shahrani also headed of the Afghan Constitution Commission....

Public Welfare Minister Sohrab Ali Saffari
Public Health Minister Mohammad Amin Fatemi
Mohammad Amin Fatemi
Dr. Mohammad Amin Fatemi is a noted Afghan physician and politician. He has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland for Mediterranean countries...

Agriculture Minister Obaidullah Ramin / Mohammad Asef Rahimi
Mohammad Asef Rahimi
Mohammad Asef Rahimi is a politician in Afghanistan, currently serving as Minister of Agriculture. An ethnic Pashtun, he was born in 1959 and raised in Kabul, and obtained a degree from Kabul University before completing post-graduate studies at Omaha University in Nebraska...

Mines Minister Ibrahim Adel
Communications Minister Amirzai Sangin
Amirzai Sangin
Amirzai Sangin is a politician in Afghanistan, currently serving as the Minister of Communications. An ethnic Pashtun, he was born in the Urgun District of Paktika Province in Afghanistan.-Early life and education:...

Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister Mohamad Hanif Atmar / Ehsan Zia When Mohamad Hanif Atmar in 2006 switched to the ministry of Education, Eshan Zia was his replacement
Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi
Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi
Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi was born in 1953 in Ashkmash district of Takhar. He is an ethnic Tajik. After graduation from Teacher's Training Faculty in Kunduz he earned a BA inScience from Kabul University. Masoomi has worked as the Director of Enterprises for the Ministry of Finance, as Deputy...

 / Noor Mohammad Qarqeen
Qarqeen (till then minister of education) replaced Masoomi in 2006.
Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister Abdul Karim Barahawi
Urban Development Minister Yousef Pashtun
Yousef Pashtun
Mohammad Yousef Pashtun is the Minister of Urban Development and Housing for Afghanistan. He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in 2003 replacing Gul Agha Sherzai.-Biography:...

Counter Narcotics Minister Habibullah Qaderi
Habibullah Qaderi
Engineer Habibullah Qaderi is a former Minister of Counter Narcotics in Afghanistan, serving between January 2004 and July 2007. Qaderi resigned in July 2007 to take up post as Afghan Counsulate General in Ottawa, Canada...

Refugees and Repatriation Minister Sher Mohammad Etebari
Attorney General Mohammad Ishaq Aloko
Mohammad Ishaq Aloko
Mohammad Ishaq Aloko ) is the Attorney General of Afghanistan since Ausgust 2008. He was appointed by President Hamid Karzai after Abdul Jabar Sabit was forced to resign from the post. An ethnic Pashtun, he was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan....

Afghan National Security Adviser Zalmai Rassoul
Zalmai Rassoul
Dr. Zalmai Rassoul is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the Foreign Minister since January 2010 after receiving the confidence vote of the Afghan National Assembly. He previously served as National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which he held since June 2002...


Afghan transitional administration

The Afghan Transitional Administration
Afghan Transitional Administration
The Afghan Transitional Administration was the name of a temporary administration of Afghanistan put in place by the 2002 Loya Jirga and followed the Afghan Interim Administration which was installed after the Bonn Conference.-Background:Following the US Invasion in Afghanistan, a UN sponsored...

 was the name of a temporary administration of Afghanistan put in place by the Bonn Conference
Bonn Conference
After Operation Enduring Freedom in which the Taliban government was toppled in Afghanistan, in December 2001, the German city of Bonn hosted a conference of Afghan leaders at Hotel Petersberg, to choose the leader of an Afghan Interim Authority – widely known as the Bonn Conference.The...

 of 2001. Following the ouster of the Taliban regime
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was founded in 1996 when the Taliban began their rule of Afghanistan and ended with their fall from power in 2001...

 approximately two dozen leading Afghans met in Germany to choose a leadership and set in place a timeline for the adoption of a new constitution
Constitution of Afghanistan
The Constitution of Afghanistan is the supreme law of the state Afghanistan, which serves as the legal framework between the Afghan government and the Afghan citizens...

 for a new Afghan government, and the timeline for choosing an executive and legislature by democratic election. In the chart below is the list of members of the Interim and Transitional Afghan authority (20 December 2001 – October 2004).
Interim and Transitional Afghan Authority Administrators/Ministers
Interim
Authority
Position
Name Ethnicity Transitional
Authority
Position
Name Ethnicity
Chairman Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...

 
Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

 
President Hamid Karzai Pashtun
Vice-Chair Hedayat Amin Arsala  Pashtun Vice President Hedayat Amin Arsala Pashtun
Vice-Chair Mohammed Fahim
Mohammed Fahim
Mohammad Qasim Fahim is an Afghan military commander, politician and the First Vice President since November 2009. He was the Defense Minister of the Afghan Transitional Administration, beginning in 2002 and also served as Vice President from June 2002 to December 2004...

 
Tajik  Vice President Mohammed Fahim
Mohammed Fahim
Mohammad Qasim Fahim is an Afghan military commander, politician and the First Vice President since November 2009. He was the Defense Minister of the Afghan Transitional Administration, beginning in 2002 and also served as Vice President from June 2002 to December 2004...

 
Tajik
Vice–Chair and Women's Affairs  Sima Samar
Sima Samar
Dr. Sima Samar OC is a politician in Afghanistan, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan from December 2001 to 2003...

 
Hazara  Vice President Karim Khalili
Karim Khalili
Abdul Karim Khalili is the current second Vice President of Afghanistan in the administration of President Hamid Karzai. Khalili was appointed first time as Vice President in 2002 and was elected as running mate of Hamid Karzai in 2004...

 
Hazara
Vice-Chair Mohammed Mohaqqeq  Hazara Vice President Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of the powerful", Al-Qādir being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names....

Pashtun
Vice-Chair Ahmed Shakar Karkar  Uzbek
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks are a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, and large populations can also be found in Afghanistan, Tajikstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Pakistan, Mongolia and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China...

Special Advisor on Security Yunus Qanooni  Tajik
Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim
Mohammed Fahim
Mohammad Qasim Fahim is an Afghan military commander, politician and the First Vice President since November 2009. He was the Defense Minister of the Afghan Transitional Administration, beginning in 2002 and also served as Vice President from June 2002 to December 2004...

 
Tajik Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim Tajik
Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Abdullah
Abdullah Abdullah is an Afghan politician and a doctor of medicine. He was an adviser and friend to Ahmad Shah Massoud, legendary anti-Taliban leader and commander known as the "Lion of Panjshir". After the fall of the Taliban regime, Dr. Abdullah served as Afghanistan's Foreign Minister from 2001...

 
Pashtun-Tajik Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah Pashtun-Tajik
Finance Minister Hedayat Amin Arsala Pashtun Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai  Pashtun
Interior Minister Yunus Qanooni Tajik Interior Minister Taj Mohammed Wardak  Pashtun
Planning Minister Mohammed Mohaqqeqk  Hazara Planning Minister Mohammed Mohaqqeqk Hazara
Communications Minister Abdul Rahim Tajik Communications Minister Masoom Stanakzai  Pashtun
Borders Minister Amanullah Zadran
Amanullah Zadran
Amanullah Khan Zadran is a citizen of Afghanistan who has held several prominent positions of power.Amanullah was a Taliban leader, who defected after the American invasion, and who Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed to his cabinet as Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs in December...

 
Borders Minister Arif Nurzai  Pashtun
Refugees Minister Intayatullah Nazeri  Tajik Refugees Minister Intayatullah Nazeri Tajik
Small Industries Minister Aref Noozari  Pashtun Mines Minister Juma M. Mahammadi  Pashtun
Mines and Industry Minister Mohammed Alim Razm  Uzbek Light Industries Minister Mohammed Alim Razm Uzbek
Health Minister Suhaila Seddiqi
Suhaila Seddiqi
General Suhaila Seddiqi , often referred to as General Suhaila, is a retired politcian from Afghanistan. She served as the Minister of Public Health from December 2001 to around 2008. Prior to that she worked as a surgeon general in the military of Afghanistan.As a government minister, she is...

 
Pashtun Health Minister Suhaila Seddiqi Pashtun
Commerce Minister Sayed Mustafa Kasemi  Shia  Commerce Minister Sayed Mustafa Kasemi  Shia
Agriculture Minister Sayed Hussain Anwari  Hazara Agriculture Minister Sayed Hussain Anwari  Hazara
Justice Minister Abbas Karimi  Uzbek Justice Minister Abbas Karimi Uzbek
Information and Culture Minister Saeed Makhdoom Rahim  Tajik Information and Culture Minister Saeed Makhdoom Rahim Tajik
Reconstruction Minister Mohammed Fahim Farhang  Pashtun Reconstruction Minister Mohammed Fahim Farhang Pashtun
Haj and Mosques Minister Mohammad Hanif Balkhi  Tajik Haj and Mosques Minister Mohammed Amin Naziryar  Pashtun
Urban Affairs Minister Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of the powerful", Al-Qādir being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names....

Pashtun Urban Affairs Minister Yusuf Pashtun  Pashtun
Public Works Minister Abdul Khalig Fazal  Pashtun Public Works Minister Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of the powerful", Al-Qādir being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names....

Pashtun
Social Affairs Minister Noor Mohammed Karkin  Turkman
Turkmen people
The Turkmen are a Turkic people located primarily in the Central Asian states of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and northeastern Iran. They speak the Turkmen language, which is classified as a part of the Western Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages family together with Turkish, Azerbaijani, Qashqai,...

 
Social Affairs Minister Noor Mohammad Qarqeen (resigned in
September 2004 to serve as the Director of the
electoral campaign of Hamid Karzai.
Water and Power Minister Ahmed Shakar Karkar  Uzbek Water and Power Minister Ahmed Shakar Karkar Uzbek
Irrigation Minister Mangal Hussein  Pashtun Irrigation & Environment Minister Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani
Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani
Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani is a politician in Afghanistan. He was the spokesperson for President Hamid Karzai during the interim administration. Subsequently, he was appointed as Water and Energy during the transitional period of Afghan government. In January 2005, he became First Deputy Minister of...

 
Pashtun
Martyrs and Disabled Minister Abdullah Wardak
Abdullah Wardak
Mohammad Jan Abdullah Wardak was an Afghan politician and former Mujahideen commander. He served as a government Minister and Governor of Logar Province.- Biography :...

 
Pashtun Martyrs and Disabled Minister Abdullah Wardak Pashtun
Higher Education Minister Sharif Faez  Tajik Higher Education Minister Sharif Faez  Tajik
Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister Abdul Rahman  Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister Mirwais Sadiq
Mirwais Sadiq
Mirwais Sadiq was the Civil Aviation Minister of Afghanistan and the son of the Ismail Khan, who was then the governor of Herat Province....

 
Tajik
Labor and Social Affairs Mirwais Sadiq Tajik
Transportation Minister Sultan Hamid Hamid  Hazara Transportation Minister Saeed Mohammed Ali Jawad  Shia
Education Minister Abdul Rassoul Amin  Education Minister Yunus Qanooni  Tajik
Rural Development Minister Abdul Mailk Anwar  Tajik Rural Development Minister Mohamad Hanif Atmar
Mohamad Hanif Atmar
Mohammad Hanif Atmar was the Interior Minister of Afghanistan. He was removed from MOI by Hamid Karzai in the wake of attacks on the June 2010 Afghan Peace Jirga...

 
Pashtun
Supreme Court Chief Justice  Sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...

 Hadi Shinwari
Pashtun
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