The Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation ( ps, د ترانسپورټ او ملکي هوايي چلند وزارت, ) is the
Afghan Government Ministry in charge of the management of air and ground transportation, operation of airports and the national airline, as well as numerous other state-owned enterprises engaged in the transport business.
[Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation]
The Ministry
the minister is
Hamidullah Akhundzada.
It is headquartered in Ansari Watt,
Kabul.
When, after the fall of the Taliban, the
Bonn Conference
After Operation Enduring Freedom in which the Taliban government was toppled in Afghanistan, in December 2001, the German city of Bonn hosted a conference – widely known as the Bonn Conference – of Afghan leaders at Hotel Petersberg, to choo ...
installed an interim government for Afghanistan, the government had one minister for Transport and one minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism. In 2004, when after the Presidential Election the newly elected President
Hamid Karzai his cabinet formed, the post of minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism was abolished. The minister of Transport became responsible for Civil Aviation and the
Minister of Information and culture
The Minister of Information and Culture is the head of the Ministry of Information and Culture along with serving as a member of the Federal Executive Council. As the head of the ministry, the minister leads the department and acts as a key spok ...
became responsible for Tourism.
Under the Taliban, the ministry has outsourced operation of Afghanistan's airspace and airports to the
United Arab Emirates firm GAAC Holding.
Ministers
References
External links
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Official Website Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation
Official Website Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation
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Transportation and Civil Aviation
Afghanistan
Civil aviation in Afghanistan
Transport organisations based in Afghanistan