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Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

have included a Minister of Commerce in the Afghan cabinet.

**Afghanistan's Minister of Commerce**
Name	Term	Appointed by	Notes
Abdul Razak	1999-December 2001	Mullah Omar Mohammed Omar Mullah Mohammed Omar , often simply called Mullah Omar, is the leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan. He was Afghanistan's de facto head of state from 1996 to late 2001, under the official title "Head of the Supreme Council"...	Abdul Razak was a Guantanamo captive, who faced the allegation during his 2004 Combatant Status Review Tribunal Combatant Status Review Tribunal The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense... that he had served as the Taliban's Commerce Minister. Abdul Razak acknowledged serving as Commerce Minister, but only from 1999 to 2001.
Sayed Mustafa Kazemi Sayed Mustafa Kazemi Sayed Mustafa Kazemi from Parwan was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesmen for the opposition movement known as the United National Front. He was a former minister of commerce in the Afghan Transitional Government...	December 2001-2004	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...	Served as Minister during both the Afghan Interim Administration Afghan Interim Administration The Afghan Interim Administration was the first administration of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime and was the highest authority of the country from 22 December 2001 until 13 July 2003.-Background:... and 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... .
?	2004-February 2009	Hamid Karzai
Anwar ul-Haq Ahady	February 2009-present	Hamid Karzai	Previously served as the nation's Finance Minister.

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