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'''Munshi Abdul Majid''' ({{lang-ps|'''منشي عبدالمجید'''}}) is an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] politician |
'''Munshi Abdul Majid''' ({{lang-ps|'''منشي عبدالمجید'''}})(born 1952) is an [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] politician. He is an ethnic [[Pashtun]] from [[Baghlan Province]].<ref name="nci">http://www.cmi.no/pdf/?file=/afghanistan/doc/Baharak%20Conflict%20Analysis%20Feb%2009%20%282%29.pdf</ref> In the 1990s he served as an official in the Afghan Interior Ministry; he is also known as a writer and orator in [[Dari language|Dari]] and [[Pashto language|Pashto]]. |
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In 2005 he was appointed governor of [[Badakhshan Province]], where in 2007 he led a successful [[opium]] eradication campaign. The opium poppy cultivation zones were reducd to 200 hectares, whereas they had reached 15,607 hectares in 2004. However, the fall of opium prices might have also played an important part in this decrease. In April 2009, protests erupted over Governor Majid's aledged abuse of power, and he was removed from his post. In 2010, he was appointed governor of Baghlan Province.<ref name="nps">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/Baghlan/Baghlan_Exec_Sum1.pdf |title=Province: Baghlan |accessdate=2010-09-21 |date=June 1, 2010 |work= |publisher=Naval Postgraduate School}}</ref> |
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Governor Majid is a high ranking member of Hizb-i Islami.<ref name="nci"/> |
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Governor Majid is a high ranking member of [[Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin]], and he is alledgedly involved in strengthening the party and rebuilding its communications network across the country.<ref name="nci"/> He is close to fellow Hezb-e-Islami member [[Juma Khan Hamdard]].<ref name="nps"/> |
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Revision as of 19:40, 21 September 2010
Munshi Abdul Majid منشي عبدالمجید | |
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| Governor of Badakshan, Afghanistan | |
| Preceded by | Sayed Amin Tareq |
| Succeeded by | Baz Mohammad Ahmadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 |
| Political party | Hizb-i Islami |
Munshi Abdul Majid (Template:Lang-ps)(born 1952) is an Afghan politician. He is an ethnic Pashtun from Baghlan Province.[1] In the 1990s he served as an official in the Afghan Interior Ministry; he is also known as a writer and orator in Dari and Pashto.
In 2005 he was appointed governor of Badakhshan Province, where in 2007 he led a successful opium eradication campaign. The opium poppy cultivation zones were reducd to 200 hectares, whereas they had reached 15,607 hectares in 2004. However, the fall of opium prices might have also played an important part in this decrease. In April 2009, protests erupted over Governor Majid's aledged abuse of power, and he was removed from his post. In 2010, he was appointed governor of Baghlan Province.[2]
Governor Majid is a high ranking member of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, and he is alledgedly involved in strengthening the party and rebuilding its communications network across the country.[1] He is close to fellow Hezb-e-Islami member Juma Khan Hamdard.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b http://www.cmi.no/pdf/?file=/afghanistan/doc/Baharak%20Conflict%20Analysis%20Feb%2009%20%282%29.pdf
- ^ a b "Province: Baghlan" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School. June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
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