Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)

Ministry of Defense

Pashto: د افغانستان ملی دفاع وزارت‎
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Afghanistan
Headquarters	Kabul
Minister responsible	Bismillah Khan Mohammadi
Website	www.mod.gov.af

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The Afghan Ministry of Defense (Pashto: د افغانستان ملی دفاع وزارت) is an organ of the Central Government of Afghanistan, overseeing the entire Afghan Armed Forces. The current defense minister is General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi. His predecessor was General Abdul Rahim Wardak. Zahir Azimi is the Major General and spokesman of the Ministry of Defense.

From late 2001 to 2004, Mohammed Fahim served as the Defense Minister but was not reappointed, after being accused of illegally occupying land in Kabul. During the same period, Abdul Rahim Wardak was the Deputy Minister. In December 2004, President Hamid Karzai appointed Wardak as the new Defense Minister. He resigned in August 2012.

One of the functions of the Defense Ministry is the continuance of disarming insurgent groups through programmes such as the Afghan New Beginnings Programme. These militant groups coalesced from warlords and former army personnel after the collapse of the Najibullah government in 1992.

List of Defense Ministers

References

External links

• Official site