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This is a list of the governors of theprovince of Kandahar,Afghanistan.

Governor			Period	Extra	Note
		Muhammad 'Amin Khan	?-1865	Governor of Kandahar, revolted against Sher Ali Khan in 1865 but the rebellion was crushed and he was killed.[1]
		Sardar Mir Afzal Khan	?-1878	Sardar Mir Afzal Khan (son of Pur Dil Khan and father of Sardar Abdul Wahab Khan - governor ofMazar-i-Sharif in 1914[2]) was the governor of Kandahar up until the start of theSecond Anglo-Afghan War before leaving for Persia upon the approach of the British.[3]
		Mohammad Hassan Khan	April 1881-July 1881	Appointed byAmir Abdur Rahman Khan after withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan after the second Anglo-Afghan war.	[4]
		Mohammad Ayub Khan	July 1881-September 1881	Defeated Mohammad Hassan Khan and briefly ruled the province for the first time before being defeated by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.	[4]
		Nur ul-Haq Ulumi	1989 1992
		Gul Agha Sherzai	1992 1994
		Mohammad Hasan Rahmani	1994 2001		[5]
		Gul Agha Sherzai	December 2001 16 August 2003
		Yousef Pashtun	August 2003 2005
		Asadullah Khalid	2005 August 2008
		Rahmatullah Raufi	August 2008 4 December 2008
		Toryalai Wesa	4 December 2008 2014
		Hamid Masood	2014 2015
		Humayun Azizi	27 April 2015 21 May 2017
		Zalmai Wesa	21 May 2017 18 October 2018
		Hayatullah Hayat	18 October 2018 3 January 2021
		Rohullah Khanzada	3 January 2021 12 August 2021		[6]
		Muhammad Yousuf Wafa	12 August 2021 March 2023		[7]
		Mullah Shirin Akhund	March 2023 Present

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