Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari
Governor of Badghis, Afghanistan
In office
30 March 2009 – 19 September 2012
Preceded byMohammad Ashraf Naseri
Succeeded byMohammad Tahir Sabari
Governor of Zabul, Afghanistan.
In office
6 March 2005 – 30 March 2009
Preceded byKhial Mohammad
Succeeded byMohammad Ashraf Naseri
Personal details
BornJaji Maidan, Khost, Afghanistan

Delbar Jan Arman, also Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (Pashto: دلبر جان ارمان شینواری) is a politician from Jaji Maidan district of Khost, Afghanistan.[1] He is the ex-governor of Badghis Province.

Delbar Jan Arman has a military and academic background. In the 1970s, he studied for six years at the American Technical College, Kabul. He was also trained in the Afghan Army.

From 2005 till 2009 he was the governor of Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He was an anti-Soviet insurgent who fled to Pakistan during the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan. He was appointed governor of Zabul on 3 March 2005 by President Hamid Karzai. Delbar Jan Arman is known for his intimate involvement with the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team based in Qalat and their combined efforts to quickly deploy development projects across the province.[2][3] In May 2009 he switched positions with Mohammad Ashraf Naseri. Delbar Jan Arman became governor of Badghis Province, Mohammad Ashraf Naseri took over the Government of Zabul Province.

References

  1. ^ "Naval Postgraduate School" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Rumsfeld says NATO buildup in Afghanistan does not mean U.S. departure". USA Today. AP. 11 July 2006.
  3. ^ Blanchfield, Mike (14 April 2008). "Afghanistan air force". National Post.[permanent dead link]
Preceded byMohammad Ashraf Naseri Governor of Badghis, Afghanistan 2009–Present Succeeded byIncumbent Preceded byKhial Mohammad Governor of Zabul Province, Afghanistan 2005–2009 Succeeded byMohammad Ashraf Naseri


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