Juma Khan Hamdard

Juma Khan Hamdard جمعه خان همدرد
Juma Khan Hamdard of Afghanistan in 2010
Governor of Paktia, Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 December 2007
Preceded by	Rahmatullah Rahmat
Governor of Jowzjan, Afghanistan
In office September 2006 – 2007
Preceded by	Roz Mohammad Nur
Succeeded by	Mohammad Hashim Zare
Governor of Baghlan, Afghanistan
In office 4 February 2005 – 4 September 2005
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	Mohammad Alam Rasekh
Personal details
Born	1954 Balkh, Afghanistan
Religion	Muslim

Juma Khan Hamdard (Pashto: جمعه خان همدرد ‎) serves as the security adviser to President Ashraf Ghani,^[1] previously as the governor of Paktia Province, Afghanistan. He formerly served as governor of Baghlan and later Jowzjan.

Biography

Hamdard, an ethnic Pashtun of the Wardak tribe from Mazari Sharif, was born in 1954 in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.^[2] 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 an extremely bloody campaign.

Following the US-led coalition's invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, Hamdard resumed a weak alliance with Dostum's forces, but on the eve of the presidential election in October 2004, he pledged support to Karzai. He was then made governor of the northern province of Baghlan, and later Jowzjan, Dostum's power base in the ethnic Uzbek heartland. The Uzbek supporter of Mr. A. Rashid Dostum didn't want an ethnic Pashtun as Governor of Jowzjan Province. In May 2007 Police forces under governor Juma khan Hamdard command shot at militant Uzbek demonstrators, when they were trying to force their way to Governor office in the town of Sheberghan, killing 13 and injuring more than 30. Eyewitness ref.. On December 17, 2007 he was appointed governor of the eastern Paktia Province, replacing Rahmatullah Rahmat.^[2] Hamdard is also one of President Karzai's tribal affairs advisors. He has a close relation with Taliban. Hamdard has been accused of drug trafficking. He has been involved in series killing in Mazar-e-Sharif and some other cities in Afghanistan. Hamdard has two wives and many children.

References

External links

• “Dostum: Afghanistan’s Embattled Warlord”. The Jamestown Foundation, April 18, 2008
• “Reconstruction Team Serves on Front Line of War on Terror”. American Forces Press Service, February 10, 2009
• “Balkh Power Struggle Leaves Locals Fearful”. UNHCR, Institute for War and Peace, September 29, 2009
• “Govenor [sic] of Paktia, Juma Khan Hamdard”. Demotix.com, November 15, 2009
• “The North on the Brink”. Afghanistan Votes.com, June 15, 2010

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