Musa Khan Ahmadzai

Musa Khan
موسی خان
Musa Khan speaking in July 2011
Governor of Ghazni province, Afghanistan
In office
16 May 2010  2 September 2015
Preceded by Osman Osmani
Succeeded by Mohammad Aman Hamimi
Personal details
Born 1950
Paktia Province

General Musa Khan Akbarzada (born 1950, in Paktia Province) is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the governor of Ghazni province from 2010 to 2015.[1] He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Ahmadzai tribe. His former careers include consulate general in Peshawar, Pakistan, during the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani in early 1990s. Prior to that he was a commander for Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and before that he was a general in the Afghan National Army, during the time of the Daud Khan administration in the 1970s.[2]

He has been praised by the New York Times for, among other things, supporting girls' education.[3]

References

  1. http://www.dvidshub.net/news/62110/next-step-ghazni-2013-project
  2. Akbarzada, Muhammad Musa Khan
  3. Giacomo, Carol (May 17, 2012). "An Afghan Governor's Campaign to Win Over the Citizens of His Province". New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
Preceded by
Osman Osmani
Governor of Ghazni province, Afghanistan
June 2008 present
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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