Juma Khan Hamdard

Juma Khan Hamdard (Pashto: جمعه خان همدرد‎) is an Afghan politician. He serves as the security adviser to President Ashraf Ghani.[1] He served as governor of Paktia Province, Afghanistan and as governor of Baghlan and later Jowzjan.He is the head of the alliance of H.A.A Councils.

Juma Khan Hamdard

جمعه خان همدرد
Governor of Paktia, Afghanistan
In office
17 December 2007 – 2 April 2015
Preceded byRahmatullah Rahmat
Succeeded byNasratullah Arsala
Governor of Jowzjan, Afghanistan
In office
September 2006 – 2007
Preceded byRoz Mohammad Nur
Succeeded byMohammad Hashim Zare
Governor of Baghlan, Afghanistan
In office
4 February 2005 – 4 September 2005
Preceded by?
Succeeded byMohammad Alam Rasekh
Personal details
Born1959 (age 61–62)
Balkh Province, Afghanistan
Political partyHezbi Islami
ChildrenGul rahman,Mohammad gul,Javid,Bashir,Abdullah and Obaidullah

Early life

Hamdard is an ethnic Pashtun of the Wardak tribe from Mazari Sharif. He was born in 1959 in Balkh Province.[2]

Career

He became a popular leader of the Pashtun community of Balkh and Mazar-i-Sharif. Hamdard was a member of Hezbi Islami and fought against the Soviets under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. In 1994, his Party Hezbi Islami allied with Abdul Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek, against the Shura-e Nazar. In 1997, he helped the Taliban's side against Dostum's forces in a bloody campaign.

Following the US-led coalition's invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, Hamdard resumed a weak alliance with Dostum's forces. On the eve of the presidential election in October 2004, he pledged support to Karzai. He became governor of Baghlan, and later Jowzjan.

Dostum's power base was in the ethnic Uzbek heartland. His Uzbek supporters did not want an ethnic Pashtun as Governor. In May 2007 police forces under governor Juma khan Hamdard shot at militant Uzbek demonstrators, while they were trying to force their way into the Governor's office in Sheberghan, killing 13 and injuring more than 30. On December 17, 2007 he was appointed governor of Paktia Province, replacing Rahmatullah Rahmat.[2] Hamdard is one of President Karzai's tribal affairs advisors.

Juma Khan Hamdard is an important personality of northern Afghanistan. He has played a pivotal role in safeguarding the interests of the Pashtuns. He enjoys a mass base of support among the Pashtun settlers in the Northern Afghanistan. He was a military commander and politician. Since the fall of the communist regime in 1992, he has trod a very cautious approach in protecting the interests of Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan in the wake of rising anti-Pashtun sentiments.

He had escaped an assassination attempt in May 2007 in Jowzjan Province in which his driver and bodyguard were killed. He survived another assassination attempt in the provincial capital, Gardez, on his way back from a poetry session

Personal life

He has six sons, the eldest son Gul Rahman Hamdard is a member of the parliament.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Province: “Paktya”. Naval Postgraduate School, Program for Culture & Conflict Studies
Preceded by
Rahmatullah Rahmat		 Governor of Paktia, Afghanistan
2007–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Roz Mohammad Nur		 Governor of Jowzjan, Afghanistan
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Mohammad Hashim Zare
Preceded by
?		 Governor of Baghlan, Afghanistan
2005		 Succeeded by
Mohammad Alam Rasekh
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