Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs

The Ministry of Frontiers, Nations and Tribal Affairs is an organ of the Central Government of Afghanistan.^[1]^[2]

**Afghanistan's Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs**
name	term	appointed by	notes
Amanullah Zadran	2001-12—mid-2002	Hamid Karzai	Formerly a Taliban leader.^[1] A member of the Pashtun ethnic group.^[3] Appointed during the Afghan Interim Administration.^[3]
Arif Nurzai	mid-2002 to mid-2004(?)	Hamid Karzai	A member of the Pashtun ethnic group.^[3] Appointed during the Afghan Transitional Administration from late 2002 to 2004.^[3]
Abdul Karim Barahawi		Hamid Karzai

External links

^ ^a ^b "Afghan power brokers: Playing the tribal loyalty card". Christian Science Monitor. 2002-06-10. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-08. The Zadrans are the largest tribe in southeastern Afghanistan – important enough that last December Karzai appointed one of Khan's younger brothers, Amanullah Zadran, as his minister of borders and tribal affairs.
^ Waldman, Amy (2001-12-28). "A Nation Challenged: Disputed attack; Fluid Loyalties Are Laid Bare By a U.S. Raid". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thomas H. Johnson (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past". Vol. V, no. 2. Strategic Insights. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-06-29.