Abdul Karim Matin ( ps, عبدالکريم متين) is an ethnic
Pashtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically r ...
politician
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who served as the governor of
Paktika
Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharana ...
Province from 2014 to 2015,
[
] and of
Ghazni
Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...
since 2016. Matin went to Gazi High School and studied at
Kabul University
Kabul University (KU; prs, دانشگاه کابل, translit= Dāneshgāh-e-Kābul; ps, د کابل پوهنتون, translit=Da Kābul Pohantūn) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd ...
. He was a
official for Urban Rainwater Harvesting and the Regional Coordinator for Southern Region of Afghanistan. In 2015, Mateen has escaped unharmed from an armed attack from Taliban when he was visiting security check posts in the outskirts of
Sharana.
He has been removed from his position as Paktika governor following the decision taken by the
National Security Council
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.
In 2016, he was appointed as the governor of Ghazni Province.
He speaks
Pashto
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Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
,
Dari
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and
English
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.
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Governors of Paktika Province
Pashtun people
Living people
1979 births