Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs

The Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs (Pashto: د سرحدونو او قبایلو چارو وزارت), (Dari: وزارت امور سرحدات، اقوام و قبایل) is an organ of the Central Government of Afghanistan.^[4][5]

Afghan Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs

(Pashto: د سرحدونو او قبایلو چارو وزارت) (Dari: وزارت امور سرحدات، اقوام و قبایل)
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Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Afghanistan
Headquarters	Kabul, Afghanistan 34.538688°N 69.195313°E / 34.538688; 69.195313
Minister responsible	Norullah Noori
Deputy Ministers responsible	Haji Gul Mohammad[1] Gul Zarin[2] Maulvi Ahmad Taha[3]
Website	https://www.mobta.gov.af

History

The Ministry of Tribes and Nationalities was originally the Directorate of Tribal Affairs established in 1934 to deal with problems of the tribes inside Afghanistan.^[6]

List

Afghanistan's Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs

name	term	appointed by	notes
Faiz Mohammed	1975-?	Mohammed Daoud Khan	Republic of Afghanistan
Faiz Mohammed	11 January 1980 - 11 September 1980	Babrak Karmal	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Amanullah Zadran	2001-12—mid-2002	Hamid Karzai	Formerly a Taliban leader.[4] A member of the Pashtun ethnic group.[7] Appointed during the Afghan Interim Administration.[7]
Arif Nurzai	mid-2002 to mid-2004(?)	Hamid Karzai	A member of the Pashtun ethnic group.[7] Appointed during the Afghan Transitional Administration from late 2002 to 2004.[7]
Abdul Karim Barahawi		Hamid Karzai
Norullah Noori	7 September 2021 – present	Hibatullah Akhundzada	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Former Ministers of Border and Tribal Affairs

• Amanullah Zadran (2001),
• Arif Noorzai (Nurzai) (2004),
• Abdul Karim Brahui (Nimruz) (2008),
• Asadullah Khalid (2008 - 2009) and (20100628 - 20120914)
• Haji Din Mohammad nominated, not approved by Wolesi Jirga (20120915)
• Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (20130710-20140930)
• Mohammad Akram Khpalwak Acting Minister of Border Affairs (20141001-20141208)
• acting Minister of Borders and Tribes Dr Seyyed Ahmad Haqbin (20141209)
• Gulab Mangal (20150418, 20161018)
• Abdul Ghafour Lewal acting Minister (20170526)
• Mohammad Shafiq Gul Agha Sherzai (20170725, 20171204 confirmed, 20180621, 20190813, 20200831)
• Mohibullah Samim nominated and acting (20200831) confirmed (20201201)
• Mawlawi Noorullah Noori Nurullah Nuri (20210907)

Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs:

• Mullah Abdul Khaleq Akhund (20220224)

Deputy Minister of Borders:

• Muhammad Yaqub Ahmadzai Mohammad Yaqoub Ahmadzai (20091024, 20131105, 20170831)
• Haji Gul Mohammad (20210921)
• Maulvi Ahmad Taha (20211122)
• Maulvi Gul Zarin Kochi (20210921) Head of Kochi Affairs at the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs (20211122)
• Mohammad Qasim Khalid, the former deputy head of the Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs, has been appointed as the governor of (20221200)
• Ahmad Taha deputy minister of the Borders and Tribal Affairs (20230504)
• Abdul Rahman Haqqani deputy minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs (20230504)