List of governors of Kandahar

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

	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]
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi	1989 1992
Gul Agha Sherzai	1992 1994
Mohammad Hasan Rahmani	1994 2001		^[4]
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		^[5]
Muhammad Yousuf Wafa	12 August 2021 present		^[6]

Ancient

Indus Valley Civilisation	2200–1800 BC
Oxus Civilization	2100–1800 BC
Gandhara Kingdom	1500–535 BC
Median Empire	728–550 BC
Achaemenid Empire	550–330 BC
Macedonian Empire	330–312 BC
Seleucid Empire	312–150 BC
Maurya Empire	305–180 BC
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	256–125 BC
Parthian Empire	247 BC–224 AD
Indo-Greek Kingdom	180–130 BC
Indo-Scythian Kingdom	155–80? BC
Kushan Empire	135 BC – 248 AD
Indo-Parthian Kingdom	20 BC – 50? AD
Sasanian Empire	230–651
Kidarite Kingdom	320–465
Rob
Alchon Huns	380–560
Hephthalite Empire	410–557
Nezak Huns	484–711

Medieval

Kabul Shahi	565–879
Principality of Chaghaniyan	7th–8th centuries
Rashidun Caliphate	652–661
Tang China	660–669
Tibetan Empire	660–842
Umayyads	661–750
Zunbils	680–870
Lawik	750-977
Abbasids	750–821
Tahirids	821–873
Saffarids	863–900
Samanids	875–999
Ghaznavids	963–1187
Ghurids	before 879–1215
Seljuks	1037–1194
Khwarezmids	1215–1231
Mongol Invasion	1219–1226
Chagatai Khanate	1226–1245
Qarlughids	1224–1266
Ilkhanate	1256–1335
Kartids	1245–1381
Timurids	1370–1507
Arghuns	1520–1591

Modern

Mughals	1501–1738
Safavids	1510–1709
Hotak dynasty	1709–1738
Sadozai Sultanate	1716–1732
Afsharid Iran	1738–1747
Durrani Empire	1747–1823
Principality of Qandahar	1818–1855
Emirate	1823–1926
Saqqawist Emirate	1929
Kingdom	1926–1973
Daoud coup	1973
Republic	1973–1978
Saur Revolution	1978
Democratic Republic	1978–1992
Tanai coup attempt	1990
Islamic State	1992–1996
Islamic Emirate	1996–2001
US invasion	2001
Islamic State (reinstated)	2001
Interim/Transitional Administration	2001–2004
Islamic Republic (politics)	2004–2021
Islamic Emirate (reinstated)	since 2021

References

^ Lee, Jonathan L. (2019-01-15). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.
^ 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.
^ Trousdale, William; Allen, Mitchell; Maurer, Cyndi (2021). Kandahar in the nineteenth century. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-43305-2.
^ "Senior Taliban leader Mullah Hassan Rahmani dies". 9 February 2016.
^ "Senior Officials Appointed in Kandahar". TOLOnews. January 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
^ 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.

Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

Badakhshan	Munshi Abdul Majid (2007–2009) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2009–2021)
Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001–2005) Enayatullah Enayat (2005–2007) Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009–) Hesamuddin Shams (2019-2021)
Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–2021)
Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–2021)
Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–2021)
Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–2021) Aminullah Zubair (2021-)
Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-2021)
Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–2021)
Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–2021)
Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–2021)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–2021) Talib Mawlawi (2021–2021)
Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–2021)
Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) Alhaj Baymorad Qoyunly (July 2013 - August 2021) Mohammad Ismail Rosekh (August 2021-)
Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-2021) Mullah Shirin Akhund (2021-)
Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–2021) Yousaf Wafa (2021-)
Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–2021)
Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–2021) Mohammad Nabi Omari (2021-)
Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) Mohammad Omar Safi (2014-2021) Mohammad Usman Turabi (2021-)
Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg (2010-2021)
Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–2021) Umar Yasir (2021-)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–2021)
Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–2021) Neda Mohammad (2021) Muzammil (2021-)
Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010–2012)
Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–2021)
Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) Mohammad Sherzad (2010-2021)
Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–2021) Bilal Fatih Zadran (2021–)
Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–2021)
Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–2021)
Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–2021)
Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–2021)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) Abdul Jabar Haqbeen (2012-2021)
Takhar	Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi (2002-2003) Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007-2009) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2009-2010) Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–2012) Ahmad Faizal Begzad (2012-2013) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2013-2015) Yasin Zia (2015-2017) Fazlullah Mujadedi (2017-2019) Abdul Haq Shafaq (2019-2021)
Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–2021)
Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–2021)

v t e Kandahar Province
Capital: Kandahar
Districts	Arghandab Arghistan Daman Ghorak Kandahar Khakrez Maruf Mayanishin Maiwand Nesh Panjwayi Reg Shah Wali Kot Shorabak Spin Boldak Zhari
Populated places	Alkozai Arghandab Arghistan Baladay Balandi Bazar-i-Panjwayi Daman Ghorak Golzar Ilbak Kar-Mulla Karz Khakrez Khosrow Sofla Lower Babur Maiwand Mulla Wali Waleh Maruf Nagahan Najeeban Nesh Reg Alaqadari Regay Singesar Spin Boldak Tarok Kolache Tizak Walakan Wali Yakh Karez Zangabad
Landforms	Arghandab River Arghistan River Dori River
Other	Governors Dahla Dam Kandahar International Cricket Stadium Kandahar Stadium Kirka Sharif

List of governors of Kandahar

See also

References