Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Sidebar". The Ministry of DefenseTemplate:Efn is the cabinet ministry of Afghanistan responsible for overseeing the Afghan Armed Forces (currently referred to as the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces). The ministry is located in Kabul.[1]
The Democratic Republic period
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From the 30th of April until 9 August 1978, Abdul Qadir succeeded the slain Ghulam Haidar Rasuli as Defense Minister of the DRA, responsible for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, until being succeeded by General Aslam Watanjar. In 1990 forces loyal to Minister of Defense Shahnawaz Tanai and Hezbi Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar attempted a fail coup against then President Najibullah. His forces were thwarted by General Aslam Watanjar who was rewarded the post of Minister of Defence. Watanjar would be the last Minister of Defense of the DRA/ROA.[2][3][4] The government collapsed in 1992.
Additionally, the Ministry of Defense also had their own annual publication titled “The Military Magazine” (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) which began in 1967, under the Kingdom of Afghanistan. This was continued under the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.[5]
The Islamic Republic period
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During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021), the defense minister was nominated by the President of Afghanistan and the National Assembly made the final approval.
One of the functions of the Defense Ministry during that period was the continuance of disarming insurgent groups, through programmes such as the Afghan New Beginnings Programme (which included the rehabilitation and reintegration of child soldiers). These militant groups coalesced from warlords and former army personnel after the collapse of the Najibullah government in 1992.[6]
List of ministers
Prior to 1929, Afghanistan had no ministers of defense but rather ministers of war.[7]
Ministers of War
- Mohammad Nadir, May 1919 to January 1922[7]
- Mohammad Hashim, January 1922 to September 1922[7]
- Mohammad Nadir, September 1922 to April 1924[7]
- Muhammad Wali, April 1924 to June 1924[7]
- Abdul Aziz Barakzai, June 1924 to January 1929[7]
Ministers of Defense
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1 | File:Picture of Sayyid Husayn.webp | Sayyid Husayn (?–1929)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
January 1929 | March 1929 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Saqqawist | |
| 2 | File:Picture of Purdil Khan.webp | Purdil Khan (?–1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
March 1929 | October 1929 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Saqqawist | |
| 3 | File:Sardar shahvali khan.png | Shah Mahmud Khan (1890–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1929 | 1947 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | [7] |
| – | Amanul Mulk (?–c. 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
c. 1944Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | c. 1946Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years years | Unknown | |||
| 4 | File:Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan.jpg | Mohammad Daoud Khan (1909–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1947 | 1948 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | [7] |
| 5 | Gen. Muhammad Umar (1898–1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1948 | 1952 | Template:Age in years years | Unknown | [7] | ||
| 6 | Mohammed Arif (1907–1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1952 | 1958 | Template:Age in years years | Unknown | [7] | ||
| (4) | File:Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan.jpg | Mohammad Daoud Khan (1909–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1958 | 1963 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | [7] |
| 7 | File:Khan Mohammad KhanIMG 1279.jpg | Khan Mohammad (1911–2006)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1963 | 1973 | Template:Age in years years | Unknown | [7] | |
| (4) | File:Mohammad Daoud Khan official portrait.jpg | Mohammad Daoud Khan (1909–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1973 | 1973 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent | [7] |
| 8 | File:Abdul Karim MustaghniIMG 1235.jpg | Abdul Karim Mustaghni (1911–2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1973 | 1977 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Republican (from 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 9 | File:Ghulam Haidar Rasuli portrait.jpg | Ghulam Haidar Rasuli (1919–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 November 1977 | 28 April 1978 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Republican | |
| 10 | Abdul Qadir (1944–2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 April 1978 | 17 August 1978 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Parcham | ||
| 11 | File:Nur Muhammad Taraki.png | Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917–1979)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 August 1978 | 1 April 1979 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Khalq | [8] |
| 12 | File:Mohammad WatanjarIMG 1285.jpg | Mohammad Aslam Watanjar (1946–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 April 1979 | 28 July 1979 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Khalq | |
| 13 | File:Hafizullah Amin.jpg | Hafizullah Amin (1929–1979)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 July 1979 | 27 December 1979Template:Efn | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA | |
| 14 | File:Mohammad RafieIMG 5957.jpg | Mohammed Rafie (1946–2025)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 December 1979 | 1982 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA | |
| (10) | Abdul Qadir (1944–2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1982 | September 1984 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Parcham | ||
| 15 | Nazar Mohammad (1935–1998)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 December 1984 | 4 December 1986 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Khalq | ||
| (14) | File:Mohammad RafieIMG 5957.jpg | Mohammed Rafie (1946–2025)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
December 1986 | May 1988 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA | |
| 16 | File:Shahnawaz Tanai with 444th Commando 1972–73 (cropped).jpg | Shahnawaz Tanai (1950–2022)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
May 1988 | March 1990Template:Efn | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Khalq | |
| (12) | File:Mohammad WatanjarIMG 1285.jpg | Mohammad Aslam Watanjar (1946–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
March 1990 | April 1992 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PDPA–Khalq | |
| – | File:Ahmad Shah Masoud.jpg | Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 April 1992 | 28 June 1992 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" | | Jamiat-e Islami | |
| 17 | 28 June 1992 | 9 September 2001 | Template:Ayd | |||||
| 18 | Obaidullah Akhund (1968–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
April 1997 | 9 September 2001 | Script error: No such module "age". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Taliban | ||
| 19 | File:Mohammad Fahim in 2004 cropped.jpg | Mohammed Fahim (1957–2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 September 2001 | 23 December 2004 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Jamiat-e Islami | |
| 20 | File:Abdul Rahim Wardak, Dec. 17, 2011.jpg | Abdul Rahim Wardak (born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 December 2004 | 7 August 2012 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Mahaz-e-Milli-ye Islami | |
| – | File:Defense.gov News Photo 120608-D-NI589-034 - First Deputy Minister of Defense for Afghanistan Enayatullah Nazari listens to the opening remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter as (cropped).jpg | Enayatullah Nazari (born 1954) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 August 2012 | 15 September 2012 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Jamiat-e Islami | |
| 21 | File:Afghan Minister of Interior Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (120121-N-xx999-005) (cropped).jpg | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (born 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 September 2012 | 24 May 2015 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Jamiat-e Islami | |
| – | File:Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai.jpg | Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai (born 1958) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 May 2015 | 20 June 2016 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent (Military)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 22 | File:Abdullah Habibi.jpg | Abdullah Habibi (born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 June 2016 | 24 April 2017 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent (Military)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 23 | File:Tariq Shah Bahrami (cropped).jpg | Tariq Shah Bahramee (born 1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 April 2017 | 23 December 2018 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent (Military)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | File:Asadullah Khalid in June 2011-cropped.jpg | Asadullah Khalid (born 1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 December 2018 | 21 November 2020 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" | | Ittehad-e Islami | |
| 24 | 21 November 2020 | 19 March 2021 | Template:Ayd | |||||
| – | File:Yasin Zia greeting troops (cropped).jpg | Yasin Zia actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 March 2021 | 19 June 2021 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Independent (Military)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| (21) | File:Afghan Minister of Interior Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (120121-N-xx999-005) (cropped).jpg | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (born 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 June 2021 | 15 August 2021 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Jamiat-e Islami | [9] |
| – | Abdul Qayyum Zakir (born 1973) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 August 2021 | 7 September 2021 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Taliban | [10] | |
| – | File:Mullah Yaqoob in January 2022.png | Mullah Yaqoob (born 1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 September 2021 | 15 August 2025 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color" | | Taliban | [11][12][13] |
| 25 | 15 August 2025 | Incumbent | ||||||
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Notes
References
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External links
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