Afghan Biographies
Quadratullah Abu Hamza
Name | Quadratullah Abu Hamza |
Ethnic backgr. | Pashtun |
Date of birth | |
Function/Grade | Provincial Governor Kunar |
History and Biodata |
1. Former Governor Kunar:
Deputy Governor:
Governor's Spokesman:
Director of Education:
Director of provincial Health Department:
Kunar civil Hospital director:
Director of Irrigation:
Counternarcotics chief: Kunar is the only Pashtun dominated province in the east. The Safi tribe is the largest, but there are also Shinwari, Mohmand, Salarzai, Mamund (part of the Tarkanri or “Bajawuri” confederacy), Meshwanai, Yusufzai and Alekozai. Smaller non-Pashtun groups include the Pashayi – a distinct ethno-linguistic group – in its mountainous parts, particularly the Korengal, Chelas and Shurik valleys, and minorities of Nuristanis (in Naray district) as well as Gujar. The population largely follows Salafism, an fundamentalist offshoot of Sunni Islam. Salafism spread into this remote province in the last decade of the 19th century through mullahs sent by Amir Abdul Rahman, after his troops conquered the area of what used to be called Kafiristan and today is northern Kunar and Nuristan and converted the small, non-Muslim groups inhabiting the area (called Kafirs, “unbelievers”) to Islam. Thus, Kafiristan became Nuristan, the “land of light” (the light of Islam). It received another boost in the 1980s when, during the struggle against the Soviet invaders, Kunar’s Salafis obtained significant financial support from Saudi Arabia because of the shared religious belief.
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Last Modified | 2023-06-26 |
Established | 2023-05-04 |