Rahmatullah Raufi
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Template:Short description Lt General Rahmatullah Raufi (born 1946 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan)[1] is a former governor of Kandahar from August 2008 until he was fired on December 4, 2008[2] for unknown reasons. Before that he was a senior military commander of the Afghan National Army presently commanding the 205th Corps, which is responsible for Afghanistan's restive southern provinces.[1] He was the main Afghan commander of government forces in Operation Mountain Thrust.
He was replaced by Afghan-Canadian academic Tooryalai Wesa.[3]
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- ↑ Rennine, Steve. Canadian Press, Appointment of Canadian to govern Kandahar confirmedTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., December 18, 2008