Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)

Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
(Dari: وزارت ترانسپورت و هوانوردی ملکی افغانستان) ; (Pashto: د افغانستان د ترانسپورټ او ملکي هوايي چلند وزارت)
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Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Afghanistan
Headquarters	Road Entrance 14 Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan
Minister responsible	Hamidullah Akhundzada;
Website	https://mot.gov.af/en

The Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Pashto: د ترانسپورټ او ملکي هوايي چلند وزارت, Dari: وزارت ترانسپورت افغانستان) is the Afghan Government Ministry in charge of the management of air and ground transportation, operation of airports and the national airline, as well as numerous other state-owned enterprises engaged in the transport business.^[1]^[2] As of 2021^[update] the minister is Hamidullah Akhundzada.

It is headquartered in Ansari Watt, Kabul.^[3]

During the Afghan Interim Administration, Afghanistan had one minister for Transport and one minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism. In 2004, during the presidency of Hamid Karzai, the post of minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism was abolished. The minister of Transport became responsible for Civil Aviation and the Minister of Information and culture became responsible for Tourism.

Under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the ministry has outsourced operation of Afghanistan's airspace and airports to the United Arab Emirates firm GAAC Holding.^[4]

Ministers

Portofolio	Name	Term	Notes
Civil Aviation & Tourism	Abdul Rahman	December 2001 - February 2002	Was assassinated in February 2002
Transportation	Sultan Hamid Sultan	December 2001 - June 2002
Civil Aviation & Tourism	Zalmai Rassoul	February 2002 - June 2002
Civil Aviation & Tourism	Mirwais Sadiq	June 2002 - March 2004	Was killed in March 2004 during an exchange of fire in Herat between his forces and those of Zahir Nayebzada
Transportation	Sayed Mohammed Ali Jawad	June 2002 - December 2004
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Enayatullah Qasemi	December 2004 - March 2006
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Gul Hussein Ahmadi	March 2006 - August 2006	Ahmadi did not receive the necessary confidence of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower house of the Afghan parliament.
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Nimatullah Ehsan Javid	August 2006 - March 2008	Was dismissed in part because of problems with the corruption-plagued national carrier, Ariana Airlines^{[citation needed]}
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Hamidullah Qaderi	March 2008 - November 2008	Was fired by president Karzai on the charge that Qaderi had mishandled preparations for 2008 Hajj travel
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Omar Zakhilwal	November 2008 - February 2009	Only acting minister
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Hamidullah Farooqi	February 2009 - January 2010
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Mohammadullah Batash	January 2010 - June 2010	Did not receive a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, but after his successor also failed to receive a vote of confidence, Karzai appointed him as acting minister
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Abdul Rahim Horas	January 2010 - January 2010	Did not receive a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Daoud Ali Najafi	June 2010 - March 2012	Did not receive a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, but was subsequently named as acting minister
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Daoud Ali Najafi	March 2012 – 2015	Was again named by President Karzai and this time approved by the Afghan Parliament and therefore from March 2012 a formally approved minister
Transportation & Civil Aviation	Muhammad Hamid Tahmasi	2017 – August 2021	Was named by President Ghani and approved by the Afghan Parliament
Civil Aviation & Transport	Hamidullah Akhundzada	7 September 2021 - Present	Appointed as acting minister for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

References

^ "EU, US Airlines to Use Afghan Airspace: Media Report". TOLOnews. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation: The Ministry Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Home Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 30 April 2013. "Visiting: Ansari Watt Kabul, Afghanistan" - Persian Archived 2013-10-25 at the Wayback Machine: "انصاری وات کابل، افغانستان", Pashto Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine: "انصاري واټ څلور لارې کابل – افغانستان"
^ Mohammad Yunus Yawar (8 September 2022). "Taliban to sign contract with UAE's GAAC Holding over airspace control at Afghan airports". Reuters. Kabul. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

Official website (in English)
Official Website Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation (in Persian)
Official Website Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation (in Pashto)
Flight Information Region In Afghanistan

[1] "EU, US Airlines to Use Afghan Airspace: Media Report". TOLOnews. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

[theministry-2] Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation: The Ministry Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Home Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 30 April 2013. "Visiting: Ansari Watt Kabul, Afghanistan" - Persian Archived 2013-10-25 at the Wayback Machine: "انصاری وات کابل، افغانستان", Pashto Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine: "انصاري واټ څلور لارې کابل – افغانستان"

[4] Mohammad Yunus Yawar (8 September 2022). "Taliban to sign contract with UAE's GAAC Holding over airspace control at Afghan airports". Reuters. Kabul. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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