Afghan Biographies

Nomani, Hamdullah Mawlawi Noman


Name Nomani, Hamdullah Mawlawi Noman
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth 1968
Function/Grade Minister of Communication and Information Technology
History and Biodata

1. Former Minister of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT):
Masoom Stanakzai,
Acting Minister  Eng. Amirzai Sangeen ,
Eng. Amirzai Sangeen nominated again 20120215
Eng. Amirzai Sangeen Minister of Communication and Information Technology (20120305-20140930)
Eng. Amirzai Sangeen Acting Minister of Communication and Information Technology (20141001)
acting Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology Hessamudin Hessam (20141209)
Abdul Razaq Wahidi (20150418, 20161115 impeached)
Shahzad Gul Aryoubi Shahzad Gul Aryobee (20170807, 20171204 confirmed - 20190523)
Mohammad Fahim Hashemi (20190524, 20200831)

Nesar Ahmad Ghoryani  (20200831, 20201121)
Mawlawi Najibullah Haqqani Hidayatullah (20210709)

Mawlavi Hamdullah Nomani appointed the new Minister of Communications and Information Technology (20250630)

General Director for Afghan Post:
Mauwlavi Rahmatullah Maki (20241002)
Deputy Communications Minister:
Ahmad Masoud Latifrai (20241002)
Afghan Telecom Director:
Engineer Ali Ahmad Samand (20241002)
ATRA Admin and Finance Vice-Chairman:
Mufti Najmuddin Mullahkhel (20241002)

 

Deputy Minister Finance and Administration F&A:
Wahabuddin Sadaat Sadat (20130226) Syed Ahmad Shah Sadaat has quit as deputy minister of information technology (20180625)
Eng. Baryalai Hesam Baryalai Hassam Baryali Hesam (20111031, 20130226, 20150119)
Mohammad Ajmal Marjan (20150502)

Professor Dr Hadi Hedayati (20191104)
Deputy Minister:
Maulvi Saifuddin Tayeb (20211122)


Director internal audit in the ministry of telecommunications and information technology:
Mohammad Omar Arian (20190501) had hired two Uzbekistan women for the purpose of prostitution with the help of a pimp identified as Sanjiv.
(20190501)

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT):

Nasrat Rahimi (20150824 resigned)
MICT spokesman: Yaseen Samim (20160115)

 

Afghan Telecom
Incorporated under Afghan Law (June 2005), Afghan Telecom is 100% owned by the MCIT.

Postal administration in the MCIT (Jan. 2008)
Head: Mohammad Yasin Rahmati (20110319)

 

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of Afghanistan (ATRA) within the framework of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) was established according to the Telecommunication Law in 2006.
Head: Ibrahim Muhammad Abbsasi (2010)


Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has signed contracts with cellcos MTN Afghanistan and Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) to extend coverage to unserved communities. The contracts are worth a total of AFN365 million (USD4.2 million) and cover the deployment of mobile networks in 33 remote areas of the Kandahar, Nuristan, Badakhshan, Uruzgan, Zabul, Kunar, Nangarhar and Kabul provinces.(20230622)


2. Previous Function:
Minister of Higher Education
Member of the Taliban Supreme Council
Kabul Mayor (1996–2001)
Head of the Taliban’s municipality commission
Kabul Mayor (20210824) acting
Minister of Urban Development Authority MUDL (20220410)


3. Biodata:
Hamdullah Nomani Mawlawi Nomani was born 1968 in Sipayaw village, Andar District, Ghazni Province. He was sanctioned in 2014 by a resolution of the UN Security Council and has already served in the same position as the capital’s mayor under the previous Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001. He gained a reputation as ruthless and tough when it came to maintaining law and order and his appointment to the same post in the new Taliban government is an indication of what the Taliban would like to see in Kabul in future.
 

Last Modified 2025-06-30
Established 2021-08-30