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List of governors of Kandahar

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This is a list of the governors of the province of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Governor Period Extra Note
Muhammad 'Amin Khan ?-1865 Governor of Kandahar, revolted against Sher Ali Khan in 1865 but the rebellion was crushed and he was killed.[1]
Sardar Mir Afzal Khan ?-1878 Sardar Mir Afzal Khan (son of Pur Dil Khan and father of Sardar Abdul Wahab Khan - governor of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1914[2]) was the governor of Kandahar up until the start of the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leaving for Persia upon the approach of the British.[3]
Mohammad Hassan Khan April 1881-July 1881 Appointed by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan after withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan after the second Anglo-Afghan war. [4]
Mohammad Ayub Khan July 1881-September 1881 Defeated Mohammad Hassan Khan and briefly ruled the province for the first time before being defeated by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan. [4]
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi 1989
1992
Gul Agha Sherzai 1992
1994
Mohammad Hasan Rahmani 1994
2001
[5]
Gul Agha Sherzai December 2001
16 August 2003
Yousef Pashtun August 2003
2005
Asadullah Khalid 2005
August 2008
Rahmatullah Raufi August 2008
4 December 2008
Toryalai Wesa 4 December 2008
2014
Hamid Masood 2014
2015
Humayun Azizi 27 April 2015
21 May 2017
Zalmai Wesa 21 May 2017
18 October 2018
Hayatullah Hayat 18 October 2018
3 January 2021
Rohullah Khanzada 3 January 2021
12 August 2021
[6]
Muhammad Yousuf Wafa 12 August 2021
present
[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lee, Jonathan L. (2019-01-15). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.
  2. ^ Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Hauptbd: Historical and political Who's who. Graz: Akad. Druck- u. Verlagsanst. pp. 101, 478. ISBN 978-3-201-00921-8.
  3. ^ Trousdale, William; Allen, Mitchell; Maurer, Cyndi (2021). Kandahar in the nineteenth century. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-43305-2.
  4. ^ a b Forbes, Archibald (1892). The Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80 (2nd ed.). London: Seeley and Co., Limited. pp. 326–327.
  5. ^ "Senior Taliban leader Mullah Hassan Rahmani dies". 9 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Senior Officials Appointed in Kandahar". TOLOnews. January 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  7. ^ Trofimov, Yaroslav (2021-08-13). "Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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