KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says a number of senior and junior government officials have been reshuffled across central institutions and provinces.
Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for the IEA, wrote on his X that, based on a decree by the leadership, new appointments have been made in several ministries, provinces and government departments.
According to the statement, former Faryab governor Mullah Abdul Ahad Fazli has been appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology. Former Badghis governor Mullah Mohammad Hanif Hamza has been named governor of Faryab, while former Baghlan governor Mawlawi Abdul Rahman Haqqani has been appointed governor of Khost.
Former Khost governor Mawlawi Abdullah Mukhtar has been named governor of Baghlan, and former adviser to the Economic Deputy Office of the Prime Minister, Mullah Mohammad Wali Jan, has been appointed governor of Badghis.
Mujahid added that Makhdoom Abdul Salam Saadat, former deputy governor of Paktika, has been appointed Deputy Minister for Coordination of Islamic Guidance and Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs.
Mawlawi Abdul Qayyum Hilal, former police chief of Maidan Wardak, has been appointed police chief of Baghlan, while former Baghlan police chief Mullah Abdul Haq has been named police chief of Maidan Wardak.
He said Mawlawi Mohammad Omar Mukhlis, former head of prevention of unlawful detention at the Prison Affairs Administration, has been appointed police chief of Nimroz.
Mullah Faridullah Qiyam, former deputy governor of Maidan Wardak, has been appointed police chief of Logar, and Mawlawi Enamullah Salahuddin, former deputy governor of Paktia, has been named deputy governor of Logar.
Mujahid said Mawlawi Mohammad Anwar, former deputy governor of Logar, has been appointed deputy governor of Paktia; Mullah Abdul Zahir Mudassir, former police chief of Nimroz, as deputy governor of Maidan Wardak; Mawlawi Mohammad Nabi Hamas, former deputy governor of Helmand, as deputy governor of Baghlan; and Mawlawi Rahimullah Mahmood, former deputy governor of Farah, as deputy governor of Helmand.
Additionally, Mawlawi Mohammad Gul Khyber, former commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 203 Mansoori Corps, has been appointed deputy governor of Farah.
Mullah Mohammad Humayun Jihad Yar, former deputy governor of Baghlan, has been named commander of the same brigade.
Qazi Noorullah, former member of the Paktika Ulema Council, has been appointed deputy governor of that province, while Mullah Agha Wali Hanafi, former police chief of Logar, has been appointed head of the Monitoring Directorate for Detention Centers under the General Directorate of Prisons.
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