Baz Mohammad Ahmadi

Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (Ahmady) is the Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics and the former Governor of Badakhshan, in Afghanistan. He used to be Governor of Ghor Province. Ahmadi is an ethnic Tajik and was a mid-level commander in the Jamiat Islami military alliance under Ahmed Shah Massoud that fought in the civil wars that dominated Afghanistan after the withdrawal of Soviet occupation forces in the early 1990s. After the American-led invasion of 2001, Ahmadi became a high-ranking Afghan defense department functionary, including a posting as Ismail Khan's replacement as military commander of Herat Province.[1]

Baz Mohammad Ahmadi
Governor of Badakshan
In office
2 May 2009  2010
Preceded byAbdul Munshi Majid
Succeeded byShah Waliullah Adeeb
Governor of Ghor
In office
July 2007  May 2009
Preceded byShah Abdul Ahad Afzali
Succeeded byMohammad Eqbal Munib
Personal details
Political partyJamiat-e Islami

Ahmadi has been accused of human rights violations by Human Rights Watch due to his actions in the post-Soviet conflict.[2]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://hrw.org/reports/2005/afghanistan0605/5.htm
Preceded by
Abdul Munshi Majid
Governor of Badakhshan
20092010
Succeeded by
Shah Waliullah Adeeb
Preceded by
Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali
Governor of Ghor
20072009
Succeeded by
Mohammad Eqbal Munib


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