Kamaluddin Nezami (also, ''Nizami'') is an Afghan politician who was appointed governor of

Panjshir Province Panjshir (Dari: , literally "Five Lions," also spelled as Panjsher) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country containing the Panjshir Valley. The province is divided into seven district ...

in 2016. , his status as governor is unclear.

Culture and education

Kamaluddin Nezami is an engineer of

Tajik Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Tajikistan * Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan * Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan * Tajik (surname) * Tajik cu ...

ethnic background. From Bazarak of Panjshir Province.

Governorship

Kamaluddin Nezami became

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

in 2016. In February 2020, during the power struggle between

Ashraf Ghani Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Born in L ...

and

Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah (Dari/ ps, عبدالله عبدالله, ; born as Abdullah on 5 September 1960) is an Afghan politician who led the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) from May 2020 until August 2021, when the Afghan government wa ...

, Nezami declared his loyalty to Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the ''National Unity Government'' established in 2014. Nezami stated that he would disobey orders from Ghani. Actions taken in 2021 during Nezami's governorship included consultation with citizens' and local government representatives on "social obstacles" to the Central Asia-South Asia power project that aims to bring surplus electrical power to Afghanistan and Pakistan from neighbouring countries.

Panjshir conflict

During the 2021

Panjshir conflict The republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing armed conflict between the National Resistance Front and allied groups which fight under the banner of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on one side, and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanis ...

that followed the 15 August 2021 Fall of Kabul, Nezami stated in early September that drones were used to bombard

National Resistance Front of Afghanistan The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), also known as the Second Resistance, is a military alliance of former Northern Alliance members and other anti-Taliban fighters loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The founder and p ...

forces in Panjshir.

References

Living people Governors of Panjshir Province Afghan engineers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Afghanistan-politician-stub