Delbar Jan Arman

Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari
Governor of Badghis, Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 March 2009
Preceded by	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri
Governor of Zabul, Afghanistan.
In office 6 March 2005 – 30 March 2009
Preceded by	Khial Mohammad
Succeeded by	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri
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Born	Jaji Maidan, Khost, Afghanistan
Religion	Muslim

Delbar Jan Arman, also Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (Pashto: دلبر جان ارمان شینواری) is a politician from Jaji Maidan district of Khost, Afghanistan.^[1] He is the current governor of Badghis Province.

Delbar Jan Arman has a military and academic background. In the 1970s, he studied for six years at the American Technical College, Kabul. He was also trained in the Afghan Army.

From 2005 till 2009 he was the governor of Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He was an anti-Soviet insurgent who fled to Pakistan during the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan. He was appointed governor of Zabul on 3 March 2005 by President Hamid Karzai. Delbar Jan Arman is known for his intimate involvement with the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team based in Qalat and their combined efforts to quickly deploy development projects across the province.^[2][3] In May 2009 he switched positions with Mohammad Ashraf Naseri. Delbar Jan Arman became governor of Badghis Province, Mohammad Ashraf Naseri took overt the Government of Zabul Province.

References

1. ^ http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Zabul_Prov_Overview_CCS.pdf
2. ^ "Rumsfeld says NATO buildup in Afghanistan does not mean U.S. departure". USA Today. AP. 11 July 2006. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-07-11-rumsfeld_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA. 
3. ^ Blanchfield, Mike (14 April 2008). "Afghanistan air force". National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=443513. 

Preceded by Mohammad Ashraf Naseri

Governor of Badghis, Afghanistan 2009–Present

Succeeded by Incumbent

Preceded by Khial Mohammad

Governor of Zabul Province, Afghanistan 2005–2009

Succeeded by Mohammad Ashraf Naseri

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Name	Arman, Del Bar Jan
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Place of birth	Jaji Maidan, Khost, Afghanistan
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