Lutfullah Mashal

Lutfullah Mashal لطف الله مشعل
Lutfullah Mashal second from left with turban

Governor of Laghman
In office 22 March 2008 – 18 March 2010
Preceded by	Gulab Mangal
Succeeded by	Mohammad Iqbal Azizi

Personal details
Born	Kabul, Afghanistan

Lutfullah Mashal (Pashto: لطف الله مشعل) is a politician in Afghanistan who last served as spokesman for the National Directorate of Security (NDS).^[1] Prior to that he was Governor of Laghman province.^[2] He is also a writer and a poet.

Biography[]

Lutfullah Mashal was born in the Shah Shaheed area of Kabul city on 1971. He graduated from the University of Peshawar in 1994 with a master's degree in English literature.

From 2003 to 2005, Mashal served as a senior spokesperson and adviser in the Ministry of the Interior. After receiving a scholarship from Kent University, he moved to Britain where he obtained a master's degree in Political Science and International Conflict Analysis. He is the author of several books in Pashto and English and was a reporter for the American newspaper The Christian Science Monitor from 2001 to 2002. Mashal has also appeared on major news channels reporting/discussing terrorism, taliban and radical insurgents in Afghanistan/south Asia. Mashal has written extensively on Al-Qaeda and the emergence of Taliban and radical Islamist groups in Afghanistan. He has also researched on the drugs factor in the conflict of Afghanistan.

Mashal was governor of the Laghman province from 2008 to 2010 and was replaced by Mohammad Iqbal Azizi. In 2011, he was appointed as Spokesperson and Special Assistant to the DG of the National Directorate of Security of Afghanistan NDS.

Books[]

"De Lmar Pa Latoon" - د لمر په لټون
The Drugs Factor in the Conflict of Afghanistan

References[]

External links[]

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Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

Badakhshan	Munshi Abdul Majid (2007–2009) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2009–2021)
Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001–2005) Enayatullah Enayat (2005–2007) Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009–) (2019-2021)
Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–2021)
Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–2021)
Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–2021)
Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–2021) Aminullah Zubair (2021-)
Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-2021)
Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–2021)
Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–2021)
Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–2021)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–2021) (2021–2021)
Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–2021)
Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) (July 2013 - August 2021) (August 2021-)
Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-2021) Mullah Shirin Akhund (2021-)
Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–2021) (2021-)
Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–2021)
Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–2021) Mohammad Nabi Omari (2021-)
Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) (2014-2021) Mohammad Usman Turabi (2021-)
Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) (2010-2021)
Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–2021) (2021-)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–2021)
Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–2021) Neda Mohammad (2021) (2021-)
Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010–2021)
Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–2021)
Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) (2010-2021)
Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–2021) (2021–)
Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–2021)
Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–2021)
Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–2021)
Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–2021)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) (2012-2021)
Takhar	Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi (2002-2003) Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007-2009) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2009-2010) Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–2012) Ahmad Faizal Begzad (2012-2013) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2013-2015) Yasin Zia (2015-2017) Fazlullah Mujadedi (2017-2019) Abdul Haq Shafaq (2019-2021)
Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–2021)
Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–2021)

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