Who is the Afghan politician who serves as governor of a multi-ethnic and mostly rural province of Afghanistan with a population of about 631,600?
Mohammad Asim Asim Eng. Mohammad Asim Asim is an Afghan politician. He is currently governor of Parwan Province since 8 June 2015. Mr Asim was born 1958 in Khinjan District, Baghlan Province. He completed his higher education in BA and master in Islamic relations at Peshawar University. He served as a Deputy Minister of Telecommunication. Mr Asim was an MP who is close to both Abdullah Abdullah and Mohammad Younus Qanuni. He participated in the Emergency Loya Jirga in 2002 and was a member of parliament from 2005 to 2010. During the 2014 presidential campaign, he worked with Dr Abdullah Abdullah and is described as a close aid. He was a key member of his unity government negotiations team.
Hamidullah Niyazmand Hamidullah Niyazmand was appointed governor of Nimroz, Afghanistan, following the Taliban's capture of the province in early 1995. Though Hamidullah had been raised in Pakistan, his father had been a mullah in the province, and his family had some standing there. Though Hamidullah was relatively familiar and respectful of local customs, he diverged from this on the issue of language, making Urdu the official language of the province, allowing Pashto, but not recognizing other languages.