Sherzai speaking at the Rule of Law Conference for Eastern Afghanistan in October 2009
Governor of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
In office 12 July 2005 – October 2013
Succeeded by
Maulvi Attaullah Ludin
Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan
In office 25 July 2017 – 31 August 2021
Succeeded by
None (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan de facto abolished)
Personal details
Born
1954 (age 69–70) Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Political party
Independent
Profession
Politician, former Mujahideen leader
Gul Agha Sherzai (Pashto: ګل آغا شيرزی; born 1954), also known as Mohammad Shafiq,[1] is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the former governor of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.[2] He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003. In October 2013, Sherzai resigned from his post as governor and formally announced himself as a candidate for Afghanistan's 2014 Presidential Election, and served as the minister of border and tribal affairs until the Taliban victory in 2021.[1]
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Matthieu Aikins (December 2009). "The master of Spin Boldak: Undercover with Afghanistan's drug-trafficking border police". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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