In the year 1969 he stated his professional career at the World Bank Youth Professional Program and served on different positions with the WB and in the year 1987 he left the World Bank and joined the Afghan resistance against the Red Army in Afghanistan and served as Senior Advisor and member of the Afghan Mujahideen Unity Council and was also an active member of the resistance against the Red Army till 1989.

From 1989 to 1992 he was serving as the Minister of Finance of the Transitional Government of Afghanistan outside Afghanistan. And in year 1993 he was appointed as the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan.

Mr. Arsala has worked for peace during civil war dark period of Afghanistan and as well in the reign of Taliban.

Mr. Arsala is also one of the pioneers of calling for the Loya Jirga in Afghanistan and in 1998 he was the member of Executive Council of Afghan Loya Jirga representing the Ex-Afghan King Zaher Shah, the Father of the Nation.

Mr. Arsala, from November to December 2001, has also had a major role in convening the Bonn conference resulting in the establishment of the Afghan Interim Administration and served as Vice Chairman and Finance Minister of this Administration.

After the Emergency Loya Jirga in 2002, he served as the Vice President of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan and as well as the Chairman of the Independent Civil Services and Administrative Reform Commission and advisor to the Central Statistics Office of Afghanistan, the Afghan Economical Cooperation Committee and member of the National Security Council of Afghanistan.

He has had many official trips outside Afghanistan representing the Afghan Government.
Mr. Arsala is married and has 3 children.

The new Minister of Foreign Minister, H. E. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, was born in the province of Herat, where he completed his secondary education. He started higher education at Kabul University. In the mid-1970s, Dr. Spanta studied in Turkey, and settled in Germany in 1982 following the Soviet invasion. Foreign Minister Spanta earned a PhD from Aachen University where he also taught as a professor from 1992 to 2005. He was also in charge of the University's Third World Studies Institute. In January 2005, Dr. Spanta returned to teach at Kabul University, and later became an advisor on foreign affairs to President Hamed Karzai. His nomination as Foreign Minister was approved by the Parliament on April 20, and he was sworn in on May 2, 2006.

Mohammad Hanif Atmar son of Mohammad Asef Atamr was born in 1347 in Laghman province and received equivalent of BA degree in rural development studies from the in the UK; he has received his MA degree in the areas of international relation and post-war development from the York University in the UK. He has done a diploma in Information Technology and computer in the UK.

From 1371 till 1373 he served as advisor in operations of humanitarian programs in aid agency both in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, from 1373 until 1379 worked as Program Manager in Norwegian Committee for Afghanistan, from 1379 until 1381 worked as deputy director general of the International Rescue Committee.

On Saratan, 1381 he was appointed as minister of rural rehabilitation and development in the transitional period.

He is fluent in Dari, Pashto, English and Urdu languages.

Mr. Atmar has authored the following books:

1. Development of non-governmental organizations in the developing countries, published in English in the UK.
2. Book titled “From rhetoric to reality” published in English in the UK.
3. Book titled “Humanitarian aid, war and peace in Afghanistan: what to learn?
4. Book titled “Politics and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and its aftermaths for the people of Afghanistan”
5. Book titled: Afghanistan or an stray war in Afghanistan”
6. Numerous analytical articles on humanitarian aids in the rehabilitation of Afghanistan.

Ab. Raheem Wardag son of Ab. Ghani was born in Wardag province in 1323 and after graduation from Habibia High School joined the Cadet University.

His professional field of study is in Methodic Education of Parachute, Commando and wireless. He has further studies in the United States and Ali Naser Academy of Cairo in Egypt.

He has served as a lecturer in Cadet University, Assistant of Protocol of Defense Ministry and during the years of migration as the military assistant of Muhaz-e-Milli, he was the military assistant of the tri-lateral unity, a member of Itehad-e-Mujahiddin, and commander of the Jihadi fronts of Muhaz-e-Milli. After the fall of communist regime he was a member of the security committee of Kabul City, Chief of the Army Staff, and Director of the Military Officers Society, Director of Education Commission, member of the rehabilitation of the National Army Commission, Deputy Defense Minister, Director of Disarmament Program and Director of Reform of National Army.

He has many literal works in Dar, Pashto and English.

Dr. Zalmai Rasool son of Professor Dr. Abdul Qayoom Rasool was born in 1323 in Kabul. He has studied primary and secondary school in Estiqlal High School and has Doctorate in Medical from Paris, France.

His significant contributions are: serving as a Doctor in Research Institute of Cardiac Diseases in Paris, in charge of Haqiqat e Afghan Publication regarding Jihad in Afghanistan in Paris, Doctor in the Military Hospital of Saudi Arabia, Chief of the staff of H.M Father of the Nation Mohammad Zahir in Rome, Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism during the interim government and National Security Advisor of Afghanistan.

He can speak Pashto, Dari, English, French, Italian and Arabic. He has 30 medical books and booklets of medical in the publications of Europe and the US and is a member of Nephrology of the US.

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Amir Zai Sangeen s/o Amir Gul Gul Shah Khail was born in Urgoon district of Paktika. He is married and has one daughter and three sons.

His primary education was in Urgoon and secondary in Gardez (Paktia). Then he graduated from the 12th grade of Communication Training Center. In 1972 he earned degree in Electronics and Communication from Southern London University of the UK.

He started his professional career as a teacher in Communication Training Center. From 1978 to 1980 he was the director of the named center. He migrated in 1980 and went to Sweden. He learned the Swedish Language in four Months.

He joined the working groups of that country in a short time and was one of the founding members of Swedish Committee in Afghanistan. He actively participated in development of Swedish Committee for Afghanistan; the named organization had an outstanding role in promoting education, Agriculture and health in Afghanistan throughout the past 25 years.

Ameerzai Sangeen was employed in the Communications of Sweden in 1982 and served as a team member of the communication project of Shah Khalid in Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Sangeen repatriated after the 11th September incident. After his repatriation his activities have been as follows:

• Holding Training Seminars for the Engineers of Ministry of Communication and Afghan Wireless Company
• Leading of the Supervising Committee of GSM license of 2000
• Senior Advisor to the Minister of Communication from February 2003.

Mr. Sangeen was appointed as the Director of Afghan TeleCom in July, 2004 and had an effective role in formation of the company, approval of the statute; follow up of the communications projects.

He was also in charge of the creating a structure for Afghan TeleCom and interconnection and developed some new procedures in this field.

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Alhaj Mohmmad Ismael son of Haji Mohammad Aslam, born in 1327 in Naser Abad village of Shindand district of Herat, has done his primary education in Waez Kashifi high School. In 1339 he was admitted to the sixth grade of Cadet School and earned the degree of his higher education from Cadet University in 1349. He joined the division no. 17 of national army in Herat and started Jihad as the division revolted.

He was serving as Ameer of South western parts of the country in 1360.

In 1369 after the formation of interim government he acquired the military rank of a General and was appointed as the governor and commander of corps number 4 of Heart province.

In 1376 he was detained by the Taliban and spent three years in their jail, after the fall of Taliban he was again appointed as the governor of Herat and commander of the corps number 6.

Ismael Khan knows Dari, Pashto and English.

Suhrab Ali Safari s/o Haji Safar was born on July 5th, 1945 in Behsood District of Maidan Wardag Province. He did his primary education in his district and secondary and higher secondary education in Kabul city and Technology Intsitute of Afghan in 1957. From 1961 to 1965 in Enginnering faculty og Kabul university and from 1977 to 1982 earned the doctorate degree from Godseng Poly Technique in Poland.

He is fluent in Dari, Pashto, English and Polish and knows a little German.

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Sarwar Danish Son of Mohammad Ali was born in a religious family in 1340 in daikundi Province. His primary education was in the local school but has done his higher education in Iraq, Syria and Iran.

The degrees he has earned are as follows: Bachelors in Law, certificate in journalism, Bachelors in Islamic Culture and Education, Masters in Islamic feqah and PhD (not completed yet) in the same field.

15 different books have comprised the result of the academic work of Mr. Danish. Besides books some 700 hundred of his essays have also been published in the publications of the country. And from 1361 to 1380 he had been the in charge of different publications.

He has done the following services yet:

Membership and active participation in the emergency Loya Jirga of Jawza 1381, membership of the constitution drafting commission through a decree by the president, participation in the constitutional Loya Jirga, from the beginning of this year after Daikundi was announced to be a province he was appointed as the first governor of the named province.

Dr. Mohammad Azam Dadfar son of Haji Baba Jan Khan was born in 1325 in Indkhoy. He graduated from Ghazi School in Kabul, and earned his degree in medical in 1352 from Kabul Medical Faculty. From 1352 to 1357 he served at the Kabul University as a lecturer.

In Qaus of 1357 after the 7th Saur Coup he was imprisoned in Pul-e-Charkhi Jail, in Jawza, 1359 he migrated to Pakistan and became an executive member of Doctors’ Union in Peshawar. In 1360 he went to Germany and worked their as a Doctor.

In 1364 he returned back to Peshawar and worked at the treatment and research center of mental disorders for Afghans in Peshawar. From 1375 to 1377 he was pursuing advanced course for certificate in Petersburg of Germany. Dadfar speaks Pashto, Persian, Uzbek, German and English and also knows a little Turkish.

Dr. Mohd. Amin Fatemi was born on Jan 15th, 1952 in Ningarhar. In 1347 he graduated from Habibia High School and earned his medical diploma of MD from Ningarhar medical college in 1977. He also participated in the advance academic program in Bonn, Germany and has the STD document from The High Institute of Public Management in Karachi; he has a certificate in health care and one in the “new ways for health policy in developing countries” from the Boston University the US in 1995.

He has served as a doctor in Badakhshan, teacher in Kabul public health Institute and member of the health awareness department, founder and in charge of the education program of IRC, founder and Director of the programs of Mujahiddin’s unity, member of the advisory board of the Health Ministry in the interim government of Mujahiddin, and deputy minister and first deputy of the public health ministry. He was the Public Health Minister from 1993 to 1995.

He was a temporary advisor of WHO in Geneva, Switzerland and and the Mediterranean countries, permanent advisor of WHO for the eat Mediterranean countries, and from 1992 to 1994 a member of the executive board of WHO, from 1991 to 2001 he was a member of the Board of the Medical Services Development for Afghans, a member of the board of the Ladies hospital for Afghan Refugees, member of the “Order of Good Time” in Canada, he has participated in many academic conferences and is the author of Health Care, Right and Wrong use of the Medicines, and First Aid.

Abdul Karim Barahawi son of Mohammad Mobin was born in pedehgee of Chahar Burjak district of Neemroz in 1334. In 1341 he got admission in the primary school of their district, and graduated from cadet school in 1352. Then he got admission in the cadet college, he got his degree in 1355 in the field of weapons technique, after graduation he served in corps number 7 of Reeshkhor. In Dalwe of 1357, after the soviet invasion, he left his service and joined Jihad against them.

He fought the holy war for 14 years and served as the commander of Mujahiddin in Neemroz province. After the Islamic revolution he was appointed as the governor of Neemroz and the commander of the fourth border’s brigade. During the reign of Taliban he led the resistance front against Taliban in that province, after the incident of September 11th he defeated Taliban and that province and was again appointed as the governor of the province and commander of 4th brigade.

Now his military rank is lieutenant general and is the governor of Neemroz province.

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