Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs

{{Short description|Government ministry of Afghanistan}}

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|minister1_name = Norullah Noori

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|deputyminister1_name = Haji Gul Mohammad{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/taliban-bring-new-faces-to-fill-cabinet-positions-in-afghanistan/2370524|title=Taliban bring new faces to fill Cabinet positions in Afghanistan|website=www.aa.com.tr}}

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|deputyminister2_name = Gul Zarin{{Cite web|url=https://8am.af/eng/the-taliban-announce-remaining-cabinet-members/|title=The Taliban Announce Remaining Cabinet Members|date=21 September 2021}}

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|deputyminister3_name = Maulvi Ahmad Taha{{Cite web|url=https://pajhwok.com/ps/2021/11/22/the-government-has-appointed-new-caretakers-for-a-number-of-ministries-civilian-and-military/|title=حکومت یو شمېر وزارتونو، ملکي او پوځي ادارو لپاره نوي سرپرستان او مرستيالان وټاکل|first=احمدشاه|last=عرفانیار|date=22 November 2021|via=pajhwok.com}}

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The Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs ({{langx|ps|د سرحدونو او قبایلو چارو وزارت}}), ({{langx|prs|وزارت امور سرحدات، اقوام و قبایل}}) is an organ of the Central Government of Afghanistan.{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0610/p01s03d-wosc.html |title=Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card |date=2002-06-10 |quote=The Zadrans are the largest tribe in southeastern Afghanistan – important enough that last December Karzai appointed one of Khan's younger brothers, Amanullah Zadran, as his minister of borders and tribal affairs. |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |accessdate=2009-06-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028124943/http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0610/p01s03d-wosc.html |archivedate=October 28, 2008 }}

{{cite news

| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/28/world/a-nation-challenged-disputed-attack-fluid-loyalties-are-laid-bare-by-a-us-raid.html?pagewanted=all

| title=A Nation Challenged: Disputed attack; Fluid Loyalties Are Laid Bare By a U.S. Raid

| date=2001-12-28

| work=New York Times

| accessdate=2009-06-19

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History

The Ministry of Tribes and Nationalities was originally the Directorate of Tribal Affairs established in 1934 to deal with problems of the tribes inside Afghanistan.Klass, Rosanne. "Afghanistan, the great game revisited." (1987). p. 328. Link: [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3599/page/328/mode/2up?q=%22tribes+and%22]

List

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|+ Afghanistan's Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs

name || term || appointed by || notes
Faiz Mohammed1975-?Mohammed Daoud KhanRepublic of Afghanistan
Faiz Mohammed11 January 1980 - 11 September 1980Babrak KarmalDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan
Amanullah Zadran2001-12—mid-2002Hamid Karzai* Formerly a Taliban leader.

  • A member of the Pashtun ethnic group.

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|url=http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.asp

|title=The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past

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|issue=2

|date=February 2006

|author=Thomas H. Johnson

|publisher=Strategic Insights

|accessdate=2009-06-29

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Arif Nurzaimid-2002 to mid-2004(?)Hamid Karzai* A member of the Pashtun ethnic group.
  • Appointed during the Afghan Transitional Administration from late 2002 to 2004.
  • Abdul Karim BarahawiHamid Karzai
    Norullah Noori7 September 2021 – presentHibatullah AkhundzadaIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan

    Former Ministers of Border and Tribal Affairs

    • Amanullah Zadran (2001),
    • Arif Noorzai (Nurzai) (2004),
    • Abdul Karim Brahui (Nimruz) (2008),
    • Asadullah Khalid (2008 - 2009) and (20100628 - 20120914)
    • Haji Din Mohammad nominated, not approved by Wolesi Jirga (20120915)
    • Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (20130710-20140930)
    • Mohammad Akram Khpalwak Acting Minister of Border Affairs (20141001-20141208)
    • acting Minister of Borders and Tribes Dr Seyyed Ahmad Haqbin (20141209)
    • Gulab Mangal (20150418, 20161018)
    • Abdul Ghafour Lewal acting Minister (20170526)
    • Mohammad Shafiq Gul Agha Sherzai (20170725, 20171204 confirmed, 20180621, 20190813, 20200831)
    • Mohibullah Samim nominated and acting (20200831) confirmed (20201201)
    • Mawlawi Noorullah Noori Nurullah Nuri (20210907)

    Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs:

    • Mullah Abdul Khaleq Akhund (20220224)

    Deputy Minister of Borders:

    • Muhammad Yaqub Ahmadzai Mohammad Yaqoub Ahmadzai (20091024, 20131105, 20170831)
    • Haji Gul Mohammad (20210921)
    • Maulvi Ahmad Taha (20211122)
    • Maulvi Gul Zarin Kochi (20210921) Head of Kochi Affairs at the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs (20211122)
    • Mohammad Qasim Khalid, the former deputy head of the Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs, has been appointed as the governor of (20221200)
    • Ahmad Taha deputy minister of the Borders and Tribal Affairs (20230504)
    • Abdul Rahman Haqqani deputy minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs (20230504)

    References