General Musa Khan Akbarzada (born 1956, in
Paktia Province) is a
politician in
Afghanistan, serves as the
governor of Ghazni province from 2010 to 2015. He is an ethnic
Pashtun from the
Ahmadzai tribe. His former careers include Consul General in Afghan
consulate general in
Peshawar,
Pakistan, during the government of
Burhanuddin Rabbani in early 1990s, after this he was appointed as Afghan Ambassador to Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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served as Afghan Ambassador to Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Prior to that he was a commander for
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and before that he was a
general in the
Afghan National Army
Afghan may refer to:
*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
* Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
**Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
, during the time of the
Daud Khan administration in the 1970s.
He has been praised by the
New York Times for, among other things, supporting girls' education.
References
External links
Governors of Ghazni Province
People from Paktia Province
Pashtun people
Living people
1950 births
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