TheAfghan Ministry of Information and Culture (Dari:وزارت اطلاعات و فرهنگ,Pashto:د اطلاعاتو او فرهنګ وزارت) is theAfghan Government Ministry in charge of Culture, Tourism, Publishing Affairs and Youth Affairs. The ministry is currently led byKhairullah Khairkhwa.
Jahani served as foreign aid manager for the Ministry of Education (MoE) for two years (1976 and 1978.) In 1981 he was appointed as Deputy Director for the Afghanistan National Radio Television. Jahani joined Voice of America (VoA) in 1983. He retired from VOA in 2010.
Former Minister of Information, Culture and Youth Affairs, now MoIC:
Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Rahin,
Abdul Karim Khurram (2009),
Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (20100103-20140930),
Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Acting Minister of (Information), Culture and Youth (20141001)
acting Minister of Information and Culture Ghulam Nabi Farahi (20141209)
Acting Minister of Information and Culture, Sayed Mosaddiq Khalili (20150213)
Abdul Bari Jahani (20150418, 20161107) vote of no confidence
Mrs. Sayeda Muzhgan Mostafavi, acting Minister of Information and Culture (20171023)
Prof. Mohammad Rasoul Bawari acting Minister (20170423, 20180625)
Fazel Sancharaki, acting (20180102)
Mrs. Hassina Safi acting (20180625, 20190107)
Tahir Zuhair Taher Zuhair (20200405-20210712) nominated and acting not confirmed
Zabiullah Mojahid, Minister of Information, Culture and Youth Affairs and Taliban Spokesman (20210901) acting
Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa (20210916, 20220201) acting, Maulvi Hayatullah Mujahir Farahi has been appointed as deputy minister for Information and Culture, replacing Zabihullah Mujahid (20220821)
Deputy Minister of Culture and Arts:
Mawlawi Atiqullah Azizi (20220305)
Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs:
Mullah Faizullah Tamim (20220305)
Deputy Minister:
Ahmad Zia Afshar, acting deputy minister for cultural affairs, has not been seen over the past three months. He has disappeared in Canada (20100328),
Zabiullah Mojahid (20210916)
Mullah Faizullah Akhund (20211122)
Maulvi Atiqullah Azizi, deputy minister of finance and administration at the Ministry of Information and Culture (20211122)
Deputy Minister of Culture and Arts, and Mullah Faizullah
Deputy Minister of Information and Culture on Publication Affairs:
Mrs. Simin Hassanzada, Simeen Hasanzada (20141112, 20150207) Simeen Hasanzada has been dismissed for publicly endorsing the brutal murder of Farkhunda over false allegation of Quran burning.(20150402),
Mrs Sayeda Muzhgan Mustafawi deputy of publication (20150621, 20171212)
Deputy Information and Culture Minister on Publications:
Mrs. Simin Hassanzada, Simeen Hasanzada (20141112, 20150207) Simeen Hasanzada has been dismissed for publicly endorsing the brutal murder of Farkhunda over false allegation of Quran burning.(20150402),
Mrs Sayeda Mrs. Muzhgan Mustafawi deputy of publication (20150621, 20171212)
Abdul Manan Shiway-e Sharq (20200923)
Deputy publications of the Ministry of Information and Culture:
Mawlavi Hayatullah Muhajir Farahi (20221118)
Deputy of tourism, finance and administrative affairs:
Zardasht Shams (20150526)
Sayeda Muzhgan Mostafawi, former deputy of publication for Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) has been appointed as administrative, financial and tourism deputy minister of MoIC.(20170311)
Abdul Bashir Hakimi, Deputy Minister of Finance, Admin and Tourism of the Ministry of Information and Culture (20210503)
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