Kamaluddin Nezami | |
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Governor of Panjshir | |
In office 2016 – 6 September 2021 | |
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Nationality | Afghan |
Political party | Jamyat-E-Islami Shorah Nezar |
Kamaluddin Nezami (also, Nizami [1]) is an Afghan politician who was appointed governor of Panjshir Province [2] in 2016. [3] As of 6 September 2021 [update], his status as governor is unclear. [4]
Kamaluddin Nezami is an engineer [5] of Tajik ethnic background. [3] From Bazarak of Panjshir Province.
Kamaluddin Nezami became governor of Panjshir Province in 2016. [3] In February 2020, during the power struggle between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, Nezami declared his loyalty to Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the National Unity Government [2] established in 2014. [6] Nezami stated that he would disobey orders from Ghani. [1]
Actions taken in 2021 during Nezami's governorship included consultation with citizens' and local government representatives on "social obstacles" to the Central Asia-South Asia power project that aims to bring surplus electrical power to Afghanistan and Pakistan from neighbouring countries. [5]
During the 2021 Panjshir conflict that followed the 15 August 2021 Fall of Kabul, Nezami stated in early September that drones were used to bombard National Resistance Front of Afghanistan forces in Panjshir. [4]
Tajuden Soroush, correspondent for UK-based Iran International, tweeted that Kamaluddin Nezami, governor of Panjshir, had told him that resistance positions 'were bombed by drones several times'. [...] Babak Taghvaee, a defence analyst who has monitored the region extensively, tweeted Pakistan used CH-4 drones, supplied by China, to carry out missile attacks in Panjshir.